Aethalopteryx
| Aethalopteryx | |
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| Male Aethalopteryx diksami | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Tribe: | Xyleutini |
| Genus: | Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Phragmatoecia atrireta Hampson, 1910
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Aethalopteryx is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Diagnosis[edit]
Aethalopteryx is distinguished from close relatives Trismelasmos Schoorl, 1990, Acosma Yakovlev, 2011, Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916 and Azygophleps Hampson, 1892 by having cup-shaped antennae in both sexes, forewings with slight reticulated patterns and reduced arms in males gnathos and particularly genital structure of the females.
Description[edit]
Medium sized moths. Male and female antennae cup-shaped; forewing elongate with slight reticular pattern, often with a spot in the costal area and spots in the postdiscal area; hindwing with indistinct reticular pattern.
Distribution[edit]
Species are primarily found in east Africa with some distributed elsewhere in Africa or in the Arabian peninsula.
Species[edit]
- Aethalopteryx anikini Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx atrireta (Hampson, 1910)
- Aethalopteryx dictyotephra (Clench, 1959)
- Aethalopteryx diksami Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2010
- Aethalopteryx elf Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx forsteri (Clench, 1959)
- Aethalopteryx gazelle Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx grandiplaga (Gaede, 1930)
- Aethalopteryx gyldenstolpei (Aurivillius, 1925)
- Aethalopteryx kisangani Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx masai Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx mesosticta (Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
- Aethalopteryx nilotica Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede, 1930)
- Aethalopteryx obsolete (Gaede, 1930)
- Aethalopteryx pindarus (Fawcett, 1916)
- Aethalopteryx politzari Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx rudloffi Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx simillima (Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
- Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant, 1902)
- Aethalopteryx steniptera (Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
- Aethalopteryx sulaki Yakovlev, 2011
- Aethalopteryx tristis (Gaede, 1915)
- Aethalopteryx wiltshirei Yakovlev, 2009
References[edit]
- Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
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