Phragmataecia albida Erschoff, 1874

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 71

Phragmataecia albida Erschoff, 1874

( Fig. 21C )

Phragmataecia castaneae var. albida Erschoff, 1874 , in: Fedtschenko, Reise in Turkestan, Lep. 11 (2): 34.

LT: Kisil-Kum desert [SW. Uzbekistan]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP .

Synonymy:

= Phragmataecia erschoffi Reisser, 1962 , Z. Wien. Ent. Ges. 73 (12): 204.

LT: Buchara [ Uzbekistan]. Type material (holotype) in NMW .

Material examined. HMIM: Kordestân Prov.: 1 ♂, Sanandaj, 16.vi.1975, leg. Abâi ; West Âzarbâijân Prov.: 4 ♂♂, Khoy , 30 km Qotur, 1480 m, 19.vii.1976, leg. Pâzuki, Borumand (gen. prep. Nos. HA-827, HA-2005, HMIM) , 1 ♂, W Mâku, Ghezel Bolâgh , 2220 m, 17.–18.vii.1976, leg. Pâzuki, Borumand.

Distribution. Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, NW China, Afghanistan, Russia (S Volga reg.) ( Christoph 1884, 1888b, 1893; Uvarov 1910; Gross 1925; Daniel 1963, 1965b, 1969a, 1970; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2005 , 2009c, 2011a).

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan and Kordestan Provinces ( Fig. 35A ). This species is reported by Wieser et al. (2001) from North Khorasan Province (Golestan National Park: Almeh).

Figures

FIGURE 21. A) Phragmacossia ariana (Grum-Grshimailo), male. B) Ph. territa (Staudinger), male. F) Phragmataecia albida Erschoff, male. D) Phragmataecia castaneae (Hübner), male. E) Phragmataecia turkmenbashi Yakovlev, male. F) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus), male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 35. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Phragmataecia albida Erschoff. B) Phragmataecia castanea (Hübner). C) Phragmataecia turkmenbashi Yakovlev. E) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus). D) Dieida ledereri (Staudinger).