Afroarabiella poliopterus (Clench, 1959)
| FAMILY | Cossidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Cossinae |
| GENUS | Afroarabiella |
| SPECIES | poliopterus |
| AUTHOR | (Clench, 1959) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Arctiocossus poliopterus n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Namibia], S. W. Africa, Brandberg, 14.x.1952, leg. F. Gaerdes. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -21°7'0" Longitude: 14°34'0" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Clench F9♂, ZSM. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Afroarabiella by Mey (2015: 41). |
| PUBLICATION | Clench H. K. 1959a. Notes on African Cossidae. - Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 6:1–27. |
| PAGINATION | 21–23, fig. 8; pl. 3, fig. 9 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| namaquensis | Yakovlev, 2014 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Namibia | Clench H. K. 1959a. Notes on African Cossidae. - Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 6:1–27. | 22 | |
| South Africa | Limpopo | TMSA | |
| South Africa | Northern Cape | Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Catalogue of the family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66:1–129. | 14 |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Mey W. 2017b. Corrections and additions to the Cossidae fauna of southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea). - Entomologische Zeitschrift 127(4):218–222. | 218 |
Host Plants
Unknown
