Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959

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Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959

( Figs. 14C, D )

Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959 , Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 49: 138.

LT: Darwesthan [SW Afghanistan]. Type material (holotype) in ZSM .

Material examined. HMIM: Hormozgân Prov.: 1 ♂, Bandar Lengeh , 50 m, 27.iv.1986, leg. Mirzâyâns , Borumand; Kermân Prov.: 4 ♂♂, Râyen , 2150 m, 16.vi.1988, leg. Hâshemi, Badii ; Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Prov.: 1 ♂, Yâsuj , Ganjegun, N 30˚25΄03˝, E 51˚44΄17˝, 2190 m, 16.vi.2005, leg. Zahiri, Nematiân, Falsafi ; Markazi Prov.: 8 ♂♂, Meymeh, Delijân , 2000 m, 18.vi.1984, leg. Pâzuki, Hâshemi (gen. prep. No. HA-1543, HMIM) ; Sistân and Baluchestân Prov. : 1 ♀, Zâbol, 1.vi.1950 , no collector given, 7 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, Zâbol, Khâjeh Mt. , 490 m, 3.–4.vi.1977, leg. Safavi, Pâzuki, Abâi (gen. prep. Nos. HA-787, HA-2351, HMIM) , 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Zâbol, Park-e Jazinak, N 30˚54΄19.7˝, E 61˚33΄44.3˝, 497 m, 24.iv.2005, leg. Ebrâhimi, Moghaddam.

NHRS: ♂, Baloutchistan (= Sistân and Baluchestân), Bender Tchahbahar (= Bandar-e Châbahâr), 3.iii.1938, ex coll. Brandt.

MWM: ♂, Persia orientale, Sistan (= Sistân and Baluchestân)- Zabol, 4.vi.1977, leg. Sojak, ex coll. Krušek.

Distribution. SW Afghanistan, S Iran ( Daniel 1964b, 1971; Yakovlev 2006a ).

Distribution in Iran. S Iran ( Fig. 32A ).

Remarks. Specimens from Esfahan and Kerman Provinces are different in the forewing pattern. They have creamy-white forewings with clear brown dots along the costal margin, few scattered dots at three-fourths of the forewing length, nearly parallel to termen, and few scattered ones in the middle and basal areas of the forewing ( Fig. 14C ). Whereas, in the remaining specimens collected in Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Provinces, forewings are without dot or has few almost inconspicuous dots along the costal margin ( Fig. 14D ). No other differences were observed in the studied material, especially in the shape of male and female genitalia.

Figures

FIGURE 14. A) Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff), male. B) H. holosericeus holosericeus Staudinger, male. C, D) Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, male. E) H. tancrei Püngeler, male. F) Holcocerus witti Yakovlev, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, male (paraype) (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 32. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran.A) Holcocerus holosericeus holosericeus Staudinger and H. holosericeus darwesthana Daniel. B) Holcocerus tancrei Püngeler. C) Holcocerus witti Yakovlev, Saldaitis & Ivinskis. D) Holcocerus zarudnyi Grum-Grshimailo. E) Kotchevnik durelli Yakovlev. F) Kotchevnik tapinus (Püngeler).