Azygophleps
Azygophleps is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Diagnosis
Azygophleps is distinguished from similar genera such as Sansara Yakovlev, 2004, Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916 and Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990 by its females’ apically bipectinate antennae, its long forewings rounded at the apex, the absence of arms in its males’ gnathos, its thick aedeagus, and a short, wide ductus and corpus with a small star-like signum in its females.
Description
Medium sized moths. Male antennae cup-shaped, those of female bipectinate (apically with gradually reducing pectin); forewing long, with rounded apex, with dense reticular pattern formed by transverse lines and spots; hindwing lightly coloured and uniform.
Distribution
Species are primarily found throughout Africa with a few species distributed in the Arabian peninsula and Asia.
Species
- Azygophleps aburae (Plötz, 1880)
- Azygophleps afghanistanensis (Daniel, 1964)
- Azygophleps albofasciata (Moore, 1879)
- Azygophleps albovittata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Azygophleps asylas (Cramer, 1779)
- Azygophleps atrifasciata Hampson, 1910
- Azygophleps boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Azygophleps confucianus Yakovlev, 2006
- Azygophleps cooksoni Pinhey, 1968
- Azygophleps equatorialis Yakovlev, 2011
- Azygophleps ganzelkozikmundi Yakovlev, 2009
- Azygophleps godswindow Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
- Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)
- Azygophleps kovtunovitchi Yakovlev, 2011
- Azygophleps larseni Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
- Azygophleps legraini Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
- Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902
- Azygophleps liliyae Yakovlev, 2011
- Azygophleps liturata (Aurivillius, 1879)
- Azygophleps melanophele Hampson, 1910
- Azygophleps nubilosa Hampson, 1910
- Azygophleps otello Yakovlev, 2011
- Azygophleps pallens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
- Azygophleps pusilla (Walker, 1856)
- Azygophleps regia (Staudinger, 1891)
- Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775)
- Azygophleps sheikh Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
- Azygophleps simplex Aurivillius, 1905
- Azygophleps sponda (Wallengren, 1875)
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