Aethalopteryx

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

Aethalopteryx
Male Aethalopteryx diksami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Tribe:	Xyleutini
Genus:	Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990
Type species
Phragmatoecia atrireta Hampson, 1910
Species
See text

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)  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.