<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species</strong></p>

ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV; RAYMOND J. MURPHY

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5

Issue: Vol. 3709 No. 4: 6 Sept. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-09-06

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5

Page range: 371–393

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The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species

ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV⁺⁻
RAYMOND J. MURPHY⁺⁻

Cossidae Malawi new species fauna Macrocossus grebennikovi Strigocossus elephas

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Abstract

An annotated list of Cossidae of Malawi including 30 species from 13 genera and 3 subfamilies is presented for the first time. Two new species are described: Macrocossus grebennikovi Yakovlev, sp. nov. and Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, sp. nov. Three new synonyms are established: Strigocossus moderatus (Walker, 1856) = Strigocossus leucopteris Houlbert, 1916, syn. nov. = Xyleutes sjoestedti vosseleri Gaede, 1930, syn. nov. and Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) = Azygophleps kilimandjarae Le Cerf, 1914, syn. nov.