Kotchevnik Yakovlev, 2004

Yakovlev, Roman V., Pljustch, Igor G., Skrylnik, Yuriy, Pak, Oleg & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park, Zootaxa 3990 (1), pp. 41-72 : 45-46

Genus Kotchevnik Yakovlev, 2004

Yakovlev, 2004: 358.

Type species: Cossus modestus Staudinger, 1887 , by original designation.

Kotchevnik tapinus ( Püngeler, 1898) ( Figs 7, 95 )

Cossus tapinus Püngeler, 1898: 57 .

Type locality: Transcaspien, Merw, Sefir-kuh [ Tadzhikistan, Kulyab]. Type material (syntypes) in MHUB, examined.

Distribution: Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan ( Yakovlev 2004). Reported for Sarobi ( Daniel 1964). Reports of “ Cossus tapinus ” from Nuristan, Barikot ( Daniel 1965) and Nimla, 40 km SW Dschelalabad ( Daniel 1971) were based on misidentifications of specimens from the genus Dervishiya Yakovlev, 2006 : D. cadambae (Moore, 1881) and D. vartianae Yakovlev, 2011 (description was based on the specimens mentioned by Daniel (1971)), respectively. Habitat and biology. Flight period: June −July. Altitude: 1100−1800 m ( Daniel 1964; 1965).

Material examined: 1 male, Afghanistan, Kabul Umg., 29.0 9.51, leg. Derele, Heydemann Kiel, GenPr – Het, 9105 ( MWM); 2 males, Afghanistan, Iran Grenze, Umg. Kohsan, 1000 m, 13.5.77, de Freina ( MWM).

Figures

FIGURES 91 − 98. Distribution maps of Cossidae of Afghanistan: 91. Catopta cashmirensis (Moore, 1879); 92. Catopta eberti Daniel, 1964; 93. Catopta kendevanensis Daniel, 1937; 94. Catopta rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943; 95. Kotchevnik tapinus (Püngeler, 1898); 96. Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953; 97. Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884; 98. Holcocerus tancrei Pungeler, 1898.