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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 3: 10 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.9
Page range: 437–444
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Four new species of Azygophleps Hampson, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) from Africa

Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina pr. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Lepidoptera Cossidae Azygophleps fauna Africa

Abstract

Azygophleps snizeki Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (type locality Kenya, E of Mwingi, W of Enguni), Azygophleps wahlbergi Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (type locality Kenya, Garissa, S of Bura), Azygophleps defreinai Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (type locality South Africa, KwaZulu Natal Prov., Südl. Drakensberge Region, 30 km SSW Underberg, Coleford Nature Reserve) and Azygophleps junkeri Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. (type locality Angola, prov. Benguela, btw Cutembo & Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo) are described.

 

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