Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)
FAMILY | Cossidae |
SUBFAMILY | Zeuzerinae |
GENUS | Aethalopteryx |
SPECIES | pindarus |
AUTHOR | (Fawcett, 1916) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Duomitus 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 |
COMMENT | Transferred 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
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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
Unknown