Holcocerus holosericeus Staudinger, 1884

Cossus (Holcocerus) holosericeus Staudinger, 1884, in: Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 1: 141.

LT: Askhabad [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan]. Type material (lectotype) in MHUB .

Synonymy:

= Holcocerus persicus Austaut, 1897, Naturaliste 19: 22.

LT: Persien, Baira [Bairam-Ali, Mary velayat, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, NW China, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, UAE, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Marocco (Christoph 1887a, 1888b, 1893; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Daniel 1965b, 1969b; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2006a, 2010).

Remarks. Two subspecies of this species viz., H. holosericeus holosericeus Staudinger, 1884 and H. holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959, are currently known from Iran ( Yakovlev 2011a).