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

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

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Diagnosis

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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

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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

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Species are primarily found in east Africa with some distributed elsewhere in Africa or in the Arabian peninsula.

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