Phragmacossia ariana
Creators: name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Prozorov, Alexey M.
name: Müller, Günter C.
name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Phragmacossia
Phragmacossia ariana

description: Phragmacossia ariana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1899)
(Figs 5−7, 18)
Zeuzera (Azygophleps) ariana Grum-Grshimailo, 1899: 468.
= Phragmatoecia [sic!] reticulata Püngeler, 1900: 115 (synonymy was established by Yakovlev, 2009).
Material examined. Type material. Holotype of Zeuzera (Azygophleps) ariana Grum-Grshimailo, 1899, female, Kara-Tyube (south from Samarkand), 1. viii.[18]96, Verigin (ZISP). Holotype of Phragmatoecia (sic) reticulata Püngeler, 1900, male, Transcaspia, Merw, Kulab, 1898 (MHUB).
Addition material. Iran: ♂, Persia, 24.iii.[1]904, leg. Zarudnyi (ZISP); ♂, Dizful (= Dezful), Arabistan, Persia, iii.[1]904, leg. Zarudnyi (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan: ♂, Kyrgyzstan, 25 km S Osh, 40°22’N; 72°49’E, 1700 m, 26.vi.2008, leg. P. Ustjuzhanin, V. Kovtunovich & V. Anikin (RYB); 2♂, Kyrgyzstan, Tash-Kumyr, 600 m, 8.vii.2004, leg. Danilevsky (RYB); ♂, Kyrgyzstan, 10 km NEN Dzhelalabad, Suzakskie Adyry, 25.vii.2003, leg. V. Dubatolov (RYB); 50♂, ♀, Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Mts., Djelalabad circ., Alash Valley, 1200 m, 8.vii.1997, leg. I. Pljustch (MWM, RYB); 4♂, ♀, S Kirgiziya, 10 km W Dzhalal-Abad t. on light, ~ 850 m 40°56’N 72°54’E, 13.vii.2000, D. Milko leg. (IBBK); ♂, Tash-Kumyr, 10.vii.1997, Klimenko (MWM). Tajikistan: 7♂, Tajikistan, Vakhsh river, Sarykhosor, 1300 m, 17.vii.1999, leg. Yu. Stchetkin (RYB); 4♂, Tajikistan, Khozratisho Mt., Shuroabad, 2100 m, 14−15.ix.1999, leg. Yu. Stchetkin (RYB); ♂, Tajikistan, Shakhdarinsij Mts., Vezdara river valley, Vezd kishlak, 2900 m, N 37°12’; E 71°49’, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Shaposhnikov (RYB); 2♂, Tajikistan, Garm, 12.vii.2004 (RYB); ♀, Tajikistan, Darvaz Mts., Pyandzh river, 10.5 km SW of Padkinov kishlak, 1130 m, N38°18’; E70°36’, leg. S. Korb (RYB); 12♂, 2♀, Tajikistan, Kulyab reg., Sary-Chashma, 06.viii.2012, leg. O. Legezin (RYB); 4♂, Tajikistan, Khozratisho Mt., Safedou, 2100 m, 15.viii.2012, leg. O. Legezin (RYB); ♂, Tajikistan, near Kulyab, 8 km S of Tugmochi village, 6.viii.2004, leg. V. Perepechaenko (RYB); 9♂, Khozratisho, Shuroabad, 2000 m, 14−16. vii.1999, Stchetkin (RYB); 90♂, 3♀, Gissar, Kondara, 1100 m, 38º50’N, 68º50’E, July 1998 (MWM); ♂, 20 km W Tursunzade (MWM); ♂, 30 km S Pedzhikent (MWM); 12♂, Varzob (MWM); 12♂, Varzob, Gushary (MWM); 3♂, Petri Magni Mts, Ganishou, 2100 m, 28.vii.1971, Stchetkin (MWM), 3♂, 35 km SE Kuljab, Shuroabad vill., 2000 m, 26.vii.1960, Stchetkin leg. (MWM); Uzbekistan: 10♂, 2♀, Uzbekistan, Zeravshan Mt., Kitab Reserve, 1500 m, 12.–18.vi.2000, leg. S. Nikiforov (RYB); ♂, Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya region, Yantag Mts., Gornyi vill., 28.vi. − 1.vii.2003, leg. S. Chebotarev (RYB); 2♂, Uzbekistan, 60 km ESE Tashkent, Chatkal Reserve, 1.viii.1991, leg. V. Zolotuhin (RYB); ♂, Uzbekistan, Gissar Mts., Handiza river valley, 2300 m, 17.vi.2001, leg. S. Nikiforov (RYB); 12♂, Uzbekistan, Gissar, Kaltankol’, 6.vii.2000, leg. V. Shablya (RYB); ♂, Ghissar, Jurgi, 1.vii.1994, Lukhtanov (MWM); 3♂, ♀, Amankutan, 10.vii.1995, Baidak (MWM); ♂, Chimgan (MWM); 3♂, Kugitang Mts., 100 km SE Narshi, Tshemashbion, 22.v.1994 (MWM).
Male genitalia and diagnosis. Uncus relatively short with rounded apex; arms of gnathos thin, long, band like; gnathos reduced; valva semilanceolate; juxta somewhat triangle with a pair of elongated dorsolateral extensions; saccus semiround; phallus large, slightly shorter than valva, distal half wrinkled; vesica dorsally bears big, half as long as phallus, finger like cornutus. The species is distinguished by yellow to brown forewings with dark reticulate pattern, more or less pronounced postmedial band and external line; vesica has big finger like cornutus with rounded apex.
Distribution. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran (Yakovlev 2009).
description: Published as part of Saldaitis, Aidas, Prozorov, Alexey M., Müller, Günter C. & Yakovlev, Roman V., 2023, Phragmacossia bozanoi-a new species from southern Greece with some notes on Phragmataecia and Phragmacossia (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae), pp. 211-228 in Zootaxa 5374 (2) on pages 217-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10145609