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(Redirected from Alophonotus rauanus) Monotypic moth genus in family Cossidae

Alophonotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Alophonotus
Schoorl, 1990
Species: A. rauana
Binomial name
Alophonotus rauana
(Strand, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Chalcidica (Duomitus) rauana Strand, 1909
  • Callocossus langi Holland, 1920

Alophonotus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Alophonotus rauana, the sole species in the genus, is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. Afro Moths
  • Yakovlev, R.V. & R.J. Murphy, 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 371–393. Abstract:

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Taxon identifiers
Alophonotus
Alophonotus rauana


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