Dyspessa Hübner, [1820] 1816

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 : 52

Genus Dyspessa Hübner, [1820] 1816

Hübner, [1820] 1816: 194.

Type species: Phalena pantherina Hübner, 1790 , by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).

Dyspessa sp. ( Figs 56, 84 , 89 , 110 )

Material examined: male, Afghanistan, Bamian, Band-e-Amir, Sabzel vill., 2900 m, 19.0 7.2013, leg. I. Pljustch, Yu. Skrylnik & O. Pak (RYB).

Notes. We were unable to identify the single specimen from the large Palaearctic genus Dyspessa . The specimen resembles the Iranian D. serica Brandt, 1938 (type locality: Fort Sine-Sefid [ Iran, Fars, Strasse Chiraz-Kazeroun]). Differences in the genitalia are insufficient, and external characters cannot be used due to the poor condition of the specimen. It will be possible to determine the species when new specimens are obtained. Daniel listed four specimens of the genus for Afghanistan: D. tristis A. Bang-Haas, 1912 (type locality: Karagai-tau [ Kazakhstan]) for Herat, D. nigritula ( Staudinger, 1887) (type locality: Transalai [S. Kyrgyzstan]) for Sarekanda and Kandaharkuna, Dyspessa sp. for Balkh ( Daniel 1964) and D. pallidata Staudinger , [1892] (type locality: Amasia: «Hadjin, Marasch und Kara Hissar» [ Turkey]) for Khurd-Kabul ( Daniel 1971). Poor quality black-and-white photos pictured in the papers do not allow to identify the species with certainty. The material was not examined. Thus the composition of the Afghan fauna of Dyspessa cannot be ascertained.

Figures

FIGURES 84 − 87. Male genitalia of Cossidae: 84. Genitalia of Dyspessa sp., Bamian, Band-e-Amir, Sabzel vill.; 85. Genitalia of Phragmacossia furiosa (Sheljuzhko, 1943), Bamian, Band-e-Amir; 86. Genitalia of Phragmacossia vartianae Daniel, 1963, Panjir Valley, Kotul e Shava, Astana; 87. Genitalia of Phragmacossia bandeamiri Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov.

FIGURES 88 − 90. Collecting localities in Afghanistan (photo by Yu. Skrylnik): 88. C Afghanistan, prov. Kabul, Paghman distr., 5 km NW Paghman, Kokh-e-Paghman Mts., 2665 m, 34 ° 36 ' 49.94 " N 68 ° 54 ' 32.53 " E; 89. C Afghanistan, prov. Bamian, Yakawlang distr., Band-e Amir National Park, 3 km W Sabzel vill., 2910 m, 34 ° 47 ' 58.56 " N 67 ° 10 ' 58.82 " E; 90. C Afghanistan, prov. Bamian, Yakawlang distr., 5 km NE Jarukashan vill., Band-e-Amir res., 3140 m, 34 ° 51 ' 49.57 " N 67 ° 12 ' 31.05 " E.

FIGURES 107 − 114. Distribution maps of Cossidae of Afghanistan: 107. Cossulus putridus (Christoph, 1887); 108. Cossulus strioliger (Alpheraky, 1893); 109. Cossulus turcomanica (Christoph, 1893); 110. Cossulus habibae Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov., Semagystia bamiani Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov., Semagystia wernerithomasi Yakovlev, 2007, Dyspessa sp., Dieida persa Strand in Stichel, 1911, Dieida afghana Yakovlev & Pljustch, 2014, Phragmacossia bandeamiri Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov.; 111. Vartiania senganensis (Daniel, 1949); 112. Dervishiya cadambae (Moore, 1865); 113. Dervishiya vartianae Yakovlev, 2011; 114. Semagystia agilis (Christoph, 1884).