Phragmacossia Schawerda 1924
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Pljustch, Igor G.
name: Skrylnik, Yuriy
name: Pak, Oleg
name: Witt, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Phragmacossia

description: Genus Phragmacossia Schawerda, 1924
Schawerda, 1924: 161−162.
Type species: Phragmatoecia (sic) reticulata Pungeler, 1900. Designation by monotypy.
Phragmacossia furiosa (Sheljuzhko, 1943) (Figs 59, 85, 90, 118)
Phragmataecia furiosa Sheljuzhko, 1943: 84 −85.
Type locality: Dascht bei Chorog (Schugnan) [Tadzhikistan, Khorog]. Type material: holotype (male) in ZMKU, examined.
Distribution: NE Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan (Yakovlev 2011).
Reported for Badakshan, Schiva (Daniel 1964) and Band-i-Amir; Dasht-i-Nawar (Daniel 1965). Habitat and biology. Flight period: July −September. Altitude: 2800−3000 m (Daniel 1964; 1965). Material examined: 2 males, Afghanistan, Bamian, Bande-Amir, 3100 m, 14.0 7.2013, leg. I. Pljustch, Yu. Skrylnik & O. Pak (RYB).
* Phragmacossia territa (Staudinger, 1879) (Figs 60, 119)
Phragmatoecia territa Staudinger, 1879: 341 –342.
Type material: Laterne im Kerasdere [Turkey].
Type material (syntypes) in MHUB, examined.
Distribution: Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan (Yakovlev 2011), new for Afghanistan.
Material examined: 1 male, prov. Kadaghan, Salang pass, 2400 m, 11− 12.07.1971, leg. Vartian (MNHW).
Phragmacossia micromaculata Yakovlev, 2009 (Figs 61−62, 120) Phragmacossia micromaculata Yakovlev, 2009: 356.
Type locality: Afghanistan, 25 km N Barikot, 1800 m, Nuristan. Type material: holotype (male) in MWM, examined.
Distribution: Afghanistan.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 1800 m.
Material examined: 4 males (holotype and 3 paratypes), 12.– 17.7.1963, Afghanistan, 25 km N Barikot, 1800 m, Nuristan, Kasy & Vartian (MWM GPrMWM–9263 and MNHW).
Phragmacossia paghmana Daniel, 1963 (Figs 63−64, 88, 121)
Phragmacossia paghmana Daniel, 1963: 154.
Type locality: Afghanistan, Paghman, 30 km NW v. Kabul.
Type material: holotype (male) in MNHW, examined.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan (Yakovlev 2011).
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July −August. Altitude: 2100−3000 m (Daniel 1963). Material examined: 2 males (holotype and paratype), Afghanistan, Paghman, 30 km NW v. Kabul, 2100 m, 1−9.08.62 (holotype), 20− 30.07.63 (paratype), leg. E. & A. Vartian (MNHW); 1 male, Hindukush, Paghman Mts., 3000 m, 6.0 7.1973, leg. Flauger (MWM).
Phragmacossia vartianae Daniel, 1963 (Figs 65−68, 86, 122)
Daniel, 1963: 153−154.
Type locality: Afghanistan, Paghman, 30 km NW v. Kabul.
Type material: holotype (male) in MNHW, examined.
Distribution: Afghanistan.
Reported for Ostafghanistan, Nuristan, Basghultal, Achmede Dewane; Basghultal; Kabul (Daniel 1963) and Nuristan, 25 km N. Barikot (Daniel 1965).
Habitat and biology. Flight period: May −August. Altitude: 1300−3400 m (Daniel 1963; 1965). Material examined: 78 males, 5 females (holotype and paratypes), Afghanistan, Paghman, 30 km NW v. Kabul, 2100 m, 20.07−9.08.62, leg. Vartian (MNHW, MWM, ZSSM); 18 males, O-Afghanistan, Pr. Kunar, Nuristan, ob. Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e Matal, Flussaue, UV-Licht, 2200m, 1-5.VII.1970, leg. C. Naumann (ZFMK); 2 males, O-Afghanistan, Pr. Kunar, Nuristan, ob. Lindai-Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e Matal, 3 km westl. Dorf, 2500m, 6.VII.1970, leg. C. Naumann (ZFMK); 1 male, O-Afghanistan, Pr.Kunar, Nuristan, unt. Lindai Sin-Tal, Hotelgarten Kamu, 1600m, 10.VII.1970, leg. C. Naumann (ZFMK); 1 male, O-Afghanistan, Pr. Kunar, Nuristan, ob. Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e Matal, Dandizenar Mts., 3100m, 13-14.VII.1970, leg. C. Naumann (ZFMK); 6 males, Panjir Valley, Kotul e Shava, Astana, 2500 m, 2005 (MWM); 1 male, Hindukush, Paghman Mts., 3000 m, 6.0 7.1973, leg. Flauger (MWM).
Phragmacossia bandeamiri Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov. (Figs 69−70, 87, 89, 110) Type locality: Afghanistan, Bamian, Band-e-Amir, Sabzel vill. Type material: holotype (male) in ZISP, examined.
Distribution: central Afghanistan.
Habitat and biology. Flight period: July. Altitude: 2900 m
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Pljustch, Igor G., Skrylnik, Yuriy, Pak, Oleg & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park, pp. 41-72 in Zootaxa 3990 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/289113