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Strigocossus capensis
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Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
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Zeuzera capensis Walker, 1856: 1533. Combination Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) was established by Houlbert (1916). Type locality. Port Natal [South Africa, Natal Prov.].
Distribution. From Tanzania to South Africa (Yakovlev 2011).
Host plants: Cassia bicapsularis L., C. laevigata Willd., C. didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby, Ricinus communis L., Pavonia columella Cav. (Pinhey 1979; Schoorl 1990; Kroon 1999).
Material examined. Holotype ♀, Natal (NHMUK), examined; 1 ♂, Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi, 12°46.681’S 14°54.377’E, 1400 m, 25.III.2014, leg. Sulak, Naumann & Ott (MWM).
Remarks. First record from Angola.
Notes
Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Sulak, Harald & Witt, Thomas J., 2019, Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species, pp. 445-460 in Zootaxa 4586 (3) on pages 450-452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2647220
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMUK, MWM
- Event date
- 2014-03-25
- Verbatim event date
- 2014-03-25
- Scientific name authorship
- Walker
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Cossidae
- Genus
- Strigocossus
- Species
- capensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) sec. Yakovlev, Sulak & Witt, 2019
References
- Houlbert, C. (1916) Sur la Distribution geographique des Xyleutes (Lep. Zeuzeridae) et Description de sept Especes nouvelles. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee, 9 bis, 59 - 118.
- Yakovlev, R. V. (2011) Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66, 1 - 129.
- Pinhey, E. C. G. (1979) Moths of Southern Africa. Description and colour illustrations of 1183 species. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 273 pp.
- Schoorl, J. W. (1990) A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263, 1 ¯ 295.
- Kroon, D. M. (1999) Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Host-plants & other association. A Catalogue. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, Jukskei Park, 160 pp.