Cossulus stertzi ( Püngeler, 1899 )

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Cossulus stertzi ( Püngeler, 1899)

( Fig. 11E )

Cossus stertzi Püngeler, 1899 , Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 12: 288.

LT: Kulab [Kulyab, Tadzhikistan]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB .

Synonymy:

= Holcocerus strigillata Rothschild, 1912 , in: Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (1): 452.

LT: Kuliab , border of Afghan. [Kulyab, Tadzhikistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

Material examined. HMIM: North Khorâsân Prov.: 1 ♂ , Golestân National Park, Âlmeh , 1630 m, 12.vi.2000, leg. Moghaddam, Ebrâhimi, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak.

Distribution. Kirgyziya, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan ( Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Yakovlev 2006b ).

Distribution in Iran. NE Iran ( Fig. 30C ).

Remarks. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A) Cossulus lignosus (Brandt), male. B) C. mollis (Christoph), male. C) C. mucosus (Christoph), male. D) C. putridus (Christoph), female E) C. stertzi (Püngeler), female. F) C. strioliger (Alphéraky), male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 30. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Cossulus mucosus (Christoph). B) Cossulus putridus (Christoph). C) Cossulus stertzi (Püngeler). D) Cossulus strioliger (Alpheraky). E) Cossulus turcomanica (Christoph). F) Cossulus zoroastres (Grum-Grshimailo).