Strigocossus capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Strigocossus
Species: Strigocossus capensis

Name

Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)

Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Zeuzera capensis Walker, 1856 (original combination)
• Strigocossus capensis (Walker): Houlbert, 1916
• Azygophleps flavitincta Hampson, 1910
  • Type locality: Br. E. Africa [Kenya], Njoro.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Azygophleps kilimandjarae Le Cerf, 1914 (synonymized by R.V. Yakovlev, 2013: 385).
  • Type locality: Afrique orientale anglaise [Tanzania], Kilimanjaro, New-Moschi, 850 m.
    • Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. IV.1912. legit Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel

References

• Yakovlev, R.V. & Murphy, R.J. 2013. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3709(4): 371–393. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5 Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.3. Reference page.