Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884

Cossus (Holcocerus) nobilis Staudinger, 1884, in: Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 1: 139.

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

= Holcocerus marmoratus Austaut, 1897, Naturaliste 19: 45.

LT: Bairam-Ale [Bairam-Ali, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

= Holcocerus strigatus Austaut, 1897, Naturaliste 19: 45.

LT: Bairam Ale, Perse [Bairam-Ali, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

= Holcocerus difficilis A. Bang-Haas, 1906, Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 19: 143.

LT: Kuschk an der Russisch-Afghanischen Grenze [Kushka, Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB .

Material examined. No specimen was found to be examined in the present study.

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China (Xinjang), Iran, Afghanistan (Christoph 1887a, 1888b, 1893; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Dalla Torre 1923; Daniel 1969b; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Falkovich 1986; Hua et al. 1990; Wieser et al. 2001; Yakovlev 2006a).

Distribution in Iran. NE Iran (Dalla Torre 1923; Wieser et al. 2001).

Habitat. Deserts.

Remarks. This species was firstly reported for “ Persien ” by Dalla Torre (1923) with no locality information.