A species of Cossidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Iraq
Abstract
R.V. Yakovlev, T.J. Witt
Basing on the materials from the Natural History Museum (London), we give for the first time two Cossidae species new for the fauna of Iraq: Holcocerus zarudnyi Grum-Grshimailo, 1902 and Phragmacossia territa (Staudinger, 1879). An annotated list of the Cossidae of Iraq including 20 species from 14 genera and three subfamilies is presented.
Keywords: Entomology; Cossidae; Carpenter-Moths; Cossinae; Zeuzerinae; Iraq; new records; fauna
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