Aethalopteryx atrireta (Hampson, 1910)
FAMILY | Cossidae |
SUBFAMILY | Zeuzerinae |
GENUS | Aethalopteryx |
SPECIES | atrireta |
AUTHOR | (Hampson, 1910) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Phragmataecia atrireta, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Botswana], Bechuanaland, Lake Ngami, leg. F. D. Lugard. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Aethalopteryx by P. Schoorl (1990: 175). |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(31):116-141. |
PAGINATION |
129
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Botswana | Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(31):116-141. | 129 | |
Namibia | Mey W. 2016. A taxonomic and faunistic study of the Cossidae of southwestern Africa (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea). - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:146-198. | 166 | |
South Africa | Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). - ZooKeys 122:45-69. | 63 |
Host Plants
Unknown