Paracossulus thrips ( Hübner, 1818 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 58-59

Paracossulus thrips ( Hübner, 1818)

( Fig. 15D )

Bombyces thrips Hübner, 1818 , Zuträge Samml. Exot. Schmett. 25.

LT: [Europe]. Type material is lost.

Synonymy:

= Cossus fuchsianus Eversmann, 1832 , Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 2: 352.

LT: Capta ad Jaicum medium, nec non circa Sergiewsk [Samara Oblast’, Russia]. Type material are probably in ZISP .

= Cossus kindermanni Freyer, 1836 , Neue. Beitr. Schmett. Abb. Nat. 3: 183.

LT: Fiume [Rijeka, Croatia]. Type material is lost.

= Catopta thrips polonica Daniel, 1953 , Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 43: 259.

LT: Babińce, K. Krzywcza [ Poland]. Type material (holotype) in ZSM .

Material examined. HMIM: East Âzarbâijan Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Kaleybar, Arasbârân protected area, Barzandigh to Peyghâm Rd. , 5 km W Peyghâm, N 38˚45΄30.3˝, E 46˚57΄28.4˝, 1621 m, 25.vi.2015, leg. Nâserzâdeh , Hâjiesmailiân, Montreuil ; Kordestân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Sanandaj, Âriz, 2200 m, 5.vii.1972, leg. Mirzâyâns, Abâi , 1 ♂, Sanandaj , 16.vi.1975, leg. Abâi ; West Âzarbâijan Prov. : 1 ♂, Orumiyeh, Ghâsemlu, 1440 m, 24.vii.1976, leg. Pâzuki , Borumand; Zanjân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Soltâniyeh, Gheydâr, 1950 m, 2.vii.1974, leg. Termeh, Musavi , 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Armaghân Khâneh, Mâri vill., N 36˚59΄52.0˝, E 48˚28΄39.0˝, 2300 m, 21.vi.2015, leg. Nâserzâdeh, Hâjiesmailiân, Montreuil.

Distribution. Ukraine, S Russia, SW Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Hungary, Bulgaria ( Eversmann 1844; Erschoff & Fild 1870; Staudinger 1871a; Alphéraky 1877; Romanoff 1885; Kirby 1892; Spuler 1910; Uvarov 1910; Zhuravlev 1910; Buresch & Tuleschkow 1932; Didmanidze 1976b, 1978, 1980; Didmanidze & Zurashvili 1981; de Freina 1983, 1996; Ganev 1984; de Freina & Witt 1990; Dubatolov & Vasilenko 1988; Lastuhin et al. 1998; Anikin et al. 2000; Fazekas 2001, 2002a, b; Polumordvinov & Monahov 2002; Bidzilya et al. 2003; Yakovlev 2004d , 2007a; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2005 , 2007). Probably in Italy (Puglia, Veglie-Torre Lupamonaco) ( Bertaccini et al. 1997).

Distribution in Iran. NW Iran ( Fig. 33B ).

Host plants. In Volga region (European part of Russia) Artemisia L. ( Asteraceae ) ( Polumordvinov & Monakhov 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 15. A) Holcocerus zarudnyi Grum-Grshimailo, male (paratype). B) Kotchevnik tapinus (Püngeler), male. C) Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür), male. D) Paracossulus thrips (Hübner), male. E) Vartiania senganensis (Daniel), male. F) V. zaratustra Yakovlev, male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 33. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür). B) Paracossulus thrips (Hübner). C) Vartiania senganensis (Daniel). D) Vartiania zaratustra Yakovlev. E) Eremocossus vaulogeri blanca (Daniel). F) Eremocossus erebuni (Yakovlev).