Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)

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FAMILY	Cossidae
SUBFAMILY	Zeuzerinae
GENUS	Oreocossus
SPECIES	kilimanjarensis
AUTHOR	(Holland, 1892)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	D.[uomitus] kilimanjarensis, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Tanzania, Kilimanjaro], leg. W. L. Abbott.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, USNM.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Described again by G. F. Hampson (1896a: 252; pl. 7, fig. 8).
PUBLICATION	Holland W. J. 1892a. Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera. - The Entomologist 25(Supplement):89-95.
PAGINATION	94

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Aurivillius C. 1925a. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 12. Lepidoptera. 1. - Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(32):1-20.	20
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 19(2):103-140, pl. 4.	134
Ethiopia		Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Catalogue of the family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66:1-129.	55
Kenya		Strand E. 1909g. Über einige Schmetterlinge aus Kibwezi in British Ost-Afrika, nebst Bemerkungen über afrikanische Beralade-Arten. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 75(1):367-374.	369
Malawi		Yakovlev R. V. & Murphy R. J. 2013. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. - Zootaxa 3709(4):371-393.	386
South Africa	Mpumalanga	Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Catalogue of the family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). - Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66:1-129.	55
Tanzania		Holland W. J. 1892a. Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera. - The Entomologist 25(Supplement):89-95.	94
Zimbabwe		Yakovlev R. V. & Lenz J. 2013. On the Fauna of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Zimbabwe with description of a new species. - Zootaxa 3718(4):387-397.	394

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