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).