Strigocossus moderata (Walker, 1856)

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FAMILY Cossidae
SUBFAMILY Zeuzerinae
GENUS Strigocossus
SPECIES moderata
AUTHOR(Walker, 1856)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONZeuzera moderata
TYPE LOCALITYSierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 2♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Strigocossus by Houlbert (1916).
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1856a. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 7:i-iv, 1509-1808.
PAGINATION 1533

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
leucopteris (Houlbert, 1916) Synonym of species
vosseleri (Gaede, 1930) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Yakovlev R. V., Sulak H. & Witt T. J. 2019. Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species. - Zootaxa 4586(3):445-460. 452
Burundi   Yakovlev R. V. & Witt T. J. 2019a. Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Burundi (first results). - Ecologica Montenegrina 20:105-109. 107
Cameroon   Houlbert, C. 1916. Sur la distribution géographique des Xyleutes (Lép. Zeuzeridae) et description de sept espèces nouvelles. - Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée 11bis:63-120, pls 17-41. 85 (as leucopteris)
Côte d'Ivoire   Basquin P. 2021d. Premier inventaire des Cossidae du Mont Tonkoui (R.C.I.) (Lepidoptera Cossidae). - Saturnafrica 29:5-8, pls 1, 2. 6
Gabon   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
Kenya   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
Mozambique   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1856a. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 7:i-iv, 1509-1808. 1533
South Africa   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
South Africa Limpopo   TMSA
Tanzania   Gaede M. 1929-1930. Psychidae, Thyrididae, Metarbelidae, Aegeriidae, Cossidae, Hepialidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:481-488, 489-499, 501-513, 515-538, 539-551, 553-559. 546 (as vosseleri)
Uganda   Waring P. 2015. Two goat moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Uganda: Strigocossus crassa (Drury, 1782) and S. vosseleri (Gaede, 1930). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 74(519):203-206. 203 (as vosseleri)
Zambia   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 35 (as vosseleri)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Cassia sp. South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. (as vosseleri)
Fabaceae Pterolobium sp. South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. (as vosseleri)