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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeuzerinae |
| Genus: | Alophonotus Schoorl, 1990 |
| Species: | A. rauana
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| Alophonotus rauana (Strand, 1909)
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References
edit- Yakovlev, R.V. & R.J. Murphy, 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 371–393. Abstract: [1]
External links
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Media related to Alophonotus rauana at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Alophonotus at Wikispecies- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
