Aethalopteryx

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Aethalopteryx
Species:
A. atriplaga – A. anikini – A. atrireta – A. dictyotephra – A. diksami – A. elf – A. forsteri – A. gazelle – A. grandiplaga – A. gyldenstolpei – A. kisangani – A. masai – A. mesosticta – A. nilotica – A. obscurascens – A. obsolete – A. pindarus – A. politzari – A. rudloffi – A. schoorli – A. simillima – A. spurrelli – A. squameus – A. steniptera – A. strohlei – A. sulaki – A. tristis – A. wiltshirei
Name

Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990

Type species: Phragmatoecia atrireta Hampson, 1910
References

Borth, R.; Ivinskis, P.; Saldaitis, A.; Yakovlev, R. 2011: Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). ZooKeys, 122: 45–69. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.122.1213.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). Euroasian Entomological Journal 8(3): 353-361. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2020a. Two new species of Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) from Western Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 31: 23-27. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2020g. New species of Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 38: 210-214. DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.38.29. Open access. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V., László, G.M. & Witt, T.J. 2019. First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae).SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(187), 557-565. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. & R.J. Murphy, 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 371–393. Abstract: [1]
Yakovlev, R.V. & A. Saldaitis, 2010: Aethalopteryx diksami, a new species (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Yemen, Sokotra Island. Esperiana Memoir 5: 333–335.
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.

Aethalopteryx is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.

Diagnosis

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

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

Species are primarily found in east Africa with some distributed elsewhere in Africa or in the Arabian peninsula.
Species

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

Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)