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Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel. B) Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph). C) Stygia mosulensis Daniel. D) Meharia avicenna Yakovlev. E) Meharia baluchestana Alipanah & Yakovlev, sp. n. F) Meharia incurvariella persica (Wiltshire).
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A taxonomic revision of the Iranian species of the family Cossidae is conducted. Sixthy-nine species and 16 subspecies in 26 genera and five subfamilies, namely Catoptinae, Mehariinae, Stygiinae, Cossinae and Zeuzerinae, are identified. Meharia baluchestana Alipanah & Yakovlev, sp. n. and Cossulus kopetdaghensis Yakovlev & Alipanah, sp. n. are desc...
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... The species of the genus are widely distributed in western Palaearctic, they are spread to east up to Altai and western China. Many representatives of the genus are local endemics of certain mountain systems or deserts of Middle East and Central Asia (Daniel 1962(Daniel , 1964Yakovlev 2011Yakovlev , 2015Yakovlev & Dubatolov 2013;Yakovlev et al. 2016Yakovlev et al. , 2020Alipanah et al. 2021;Rajaei et al. 2022). Currently, 17 species of the genus Dyspessa are reported from Central Asia . ...
Two new species Dyspessa milkoi sp. n. (Type locality: Kyrgyzstan, Tash-Kumyr) and Dyspessa skrylniki sp. n. (Type locality: Tajikistan, Gissar Mts., Anzob Pass) are described. The article is illustrated with imagoes of type specimens and genitalia of both new species.
... The Iranian Cossidae were recently revised by Alipanah et al. (2021) ending up with the list of 69 species and by Rajaei et al. (2023) with 82 species and four erroneously reported ones. In the Middle East two species of Cossus occur: Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs 1−7) and Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953 (Figs 8−9). ...
New species Cossus ramoni sp. n. is described from northeastern Iran. It is compared with closely distributed Iranian subspecies of Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953.
... Distribution. Iran (Schwingenschuss, 1939;Yakovlev, 2009;Alipanah et al., 2021;Rajaei et al., 2023). Sheljuzhko, 1943 (Figures 3, 7, 11) Type locality: Rocharv im Pjandzh-Tale (Ruschan) [Tadzhikistan, Rushan vill.] ...
We describe for the first time the male genitalia of four little studied taxa of carpenter moths of the genus Catopta in the Middle East, namely C. kendevanensis Daniel, 1937, C. anjumanica Daniel, 1964, C. rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943 and C. eberti Daniel, 1964, as well as the female genitalia of C. kendevanensis. Catopta anjumanica stat. n.
is upgraded from subspecies of C. kendevanensis to the species level. The wing pattern of holotypes C. kendevanensis, C. anjumanica and C. eberti are illustrated. A distribution map is provided for all species.
... The genus Meharia Chrétien, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) includes 18 species, distributed in the arid regions of Western Palaearctic (up to Southern Volga region in the East), the Arabian peninsula and Africa (to Zambia and Zimbabwe in the South) (Wiltshire, 1990;Hacker, 1999Hacker, , 2016Yakovlev, 2011Yakovlev, , 2014Yakovlev, , 2018Yakovlev & Dubatolov, 2013;, 2016Seizmar, 2018;Alipanah et al. 2021;De Prins & De Prins, 2022). In the collection of Microlepidoptera from Marocco, the first author of this article found a female specimen of a species new to science. ...
The article describes Meharia ouanou Sobczyk & Yakovlev, sp. nov., distributed in Morocco. The article has two illustrations.
... Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) is a Pontocaspian-Turkestanian faunal element, considered a postglacial relict in the westernmost part of its distribution. Its distribution includes Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran (Schnaider 1978, Zagulajev 1978, de Freina & Witt 1990, Macek et al. 2007, Yakovlev 2019, Alipanah et al. 2021, Rákosy & Goia 2021, Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova, 2022. A report from Greece by Gozmány (2012) has never been quoted before. ...
Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) is a protected species in Europe through the Council Directive 92/43/ EEC. Pupal exuviae belonging to this species were found at each of two patches at Chepan Mt. (Western Bulgaria) characterised by Phlomis tuberosa L. being a dominant plant species. This is the first record of this host plant of P. thrips in Bulgaria. Habitat types are provided for both patches of the host plant. Searching for exuviae is discussed as a preferred technique for monitoring this moth species.
... At the opposite end of the spectrum, the numbers of expected Iranian Zygaenoidea (73 spp.) and Cossoidea (154 spp.) are close to the known species numbers, as their largest families were intensively studied during the last five decades, especially Zygaenidae (KeiL 2014; hOfmann & tremewan 2017, 2020), Sesiidae (KaLLies & ŠpatenKa 2003, 2004 and Cossidae (yaKOvLev et al. 2007;yaKOvLev & aLipanah 2018;aLipanah et al. 2021). The number of known Zygaenidae for Iran (74 species) surpasses that of Europe (71 species). ...
... This clade is globally highly diverse and represented by over 400 species in Iran, with many more species still awaiting discovery (landRy et al. 2023). Two families, Zygaenidae and Cossidae, are among the bestknown families in Iran (e.g., Keil & taRmann 1997;hofmann & Keil 2011;Keil 2014;hofmann & tRemeWan 2017hofmann & tRemeWan , 2020aliPanah et al. 2021). ...
... The representatives of this genus are found in southern regions of western Palaearctic and Central Asia. The biggest species diversity of the genus is demonstrated in Middle East, in arid and semi-arid regions of Central Asia (Daniel 1962(Daniel , 1964Yakovlev 2011Yakovlev , 2015Alipanah et al. 2021 (Yakovlev 2011;Yakovlev et al. 2016). During our study of the genus Dyspessa specimens, collected in Central Asia, we revealed two species new to science, their description is given below. ...
The article describes two species new to science from southern Tajikistan: Dyspessa igoripljushtchi sp. nov. (type locality: Darvaz Mts., Khaburabot pass) and Dyspessa paki sp. nov. (type locality: Khozratishokh Range, Muminabad distr., Lijaki-Bolo vill.). We give a detailed analysis of features distinguishing them from closely related Central Asian species. The article is illustrated with 8 figures.
The attraction of males of Stygioides colchicus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) (Cossidae) to the sex attractant for males of Synanthedon andrenaeformis (Laspeyres, 1801) (Sesiidae) was clearly recorded for the first time. This attractant turned out to be a mixture of (3E, 13Z)-octadeca-3,13-dienyl acetate and (2E, 13Z)-octadeca-3,13-dienyl acetate in a ratio of 1:1. The use of this sex attractant made it possible to discover new localities of S. colchicus in Russia. The nomenclatural history of this species is discussed in detail.
