First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)

Present paper contains the list of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) collected in Sierra Leone. Sixteen species have been recorded, seven of them are found in the fauna of Sierra Leone for the first time: Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), Mirocossus politzari Yakovlev, 2011, Assegaj clenchi Yakovlev, 2006,...

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Main Authors: R. V. Yakovlev, Gy. M. Laszlo
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Language:English
Published: Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología 2019-09-01
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Online Access:https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/550
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description Present paper contains the list of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) collected in Sierra Leone. Sixteen species have been recorded, seven of them are found in the fauna of Sierra Leone for the first time: Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), Mirocossus politzari Yakovlev, 2011, Assegaj clenchi Yakovlev, 2006, Aethalopteryx grandiplaga (Gaede, 1930), Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev, 2006, Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013, and Holcoceroides ferrugineotincta Strand, [1913].
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spelling doaj-art-e48bcab024d34ab6a993be51e98802c22025-08-20T03:36:08ZengSociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de LepidopterologíaSHILAP2340-40782019-09-014718710.57065/shilap.550First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)R. V. Yakovlev0Gy. M. Laszlo1Tomsk State UniversityAfrican Natural History Research Trust Present paper contains the list of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) collected in Sierra Leone. Sixteen species have been recorded, seven of them are found in the fauna of Sierra Leone for the first time: Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), Mirocossus politzari Yakovlev, 2011, Assegaj clenchi Yakovlev, 2006, Aethalopteryx grandiplaga (Gaede, 1930), Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev, 2006, Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013, and Holcoceroides ferrugineotincta Strand, [1913]. https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/550LepidopteraCossidaenew recordsSierra LeoneAfrotropics
spellingShingle R. V. Yakovlev
Gy. M. Laszlo
First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
SHILAP
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
new records
Sierra Leone
Afrotropics
title First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
title_full First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
title_fullStr First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
title_full_unstemmed First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
title_short First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
title_sort first summary of cossidae of sierra leone west africa lepidoptera cossidae
topic Lepidoptera
Cossidae
new records
Sierra Leone
Afrotropics
url https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/550
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