Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)

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FAMILY Cossidae
SUBFAMILY Zeuzerinae
GENUS Aethalopteryx
SPECIES pindarus
AUTHOR(Fawcett, 1916)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONDuomitus pindarus, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 25.xi.1911, leg. W. Feather.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Aethalopteryx by P. Schoorl (1990: 176).
PUBLICATION Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1.
PAGINATION 733 Bhl

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. 733
Namibia     TMSA
South Africa Limpopo Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). - ZooKeys 122:45-69. 64
Uganda   Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). - ZooKeys 122:45-69. 64

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

Host Plants

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