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Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)

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Higher taxa:	Cossidae (family)/ Zeuzerinae (subfamily)/ Aethalopteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fawcett, 1916)
Citation:	Duomitus pindarus, sp. n.
Original genus:	Duomitus
Publication:	Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1916
Issue:	4
Pagination:	733
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31565189

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Aethalopteryx pindarus (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Aethalopteryx by P. Schoorl (1990: 176).

Schoorl J. W. 1990. A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	[Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 25.xi.1911, leg. W. Feather.

Distribution note:

The record of Saudi Arabia (Wiltshire 1986: 265) refers to Aethalopteryx wiltshirei Yakovlev, 2009 (see H. Hacker 2016: 30).

Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)	Kenya		Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. page 733
Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)	Namibia		page TMSA
Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)	South Africa	Limpopo	Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). page 64
Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)	Uganda		Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). page 64

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