Dyspessa cerberus Daniel, 1939

Japaridze, Lasha-Giorgi, Makharadze, Giorgi, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Hulsbosch, Ramon, Petrov, Valeri & Seropian, Armen, 2025, Burrowed through time: Exploring the enigmatic Cossidae moths of Georgia, Zootaxa 5701 (5), pp. 501-523 : 506

** Dyspessa cerberus Daniel, 1939

( Figs 5 , 28–29 )

Dyspessa cerberus albinervis : Yakovlev 2008a: fig. 3, pl. 4, figs 5–6.

Material examined. GEORGIA • 4♂; Adjara, Meskhikedi; leg. E. Didmanidze; 16 April 2022; SJMG .

Remarks. The species is recorded from Turkey and Syria ( Yakovlev 2011b). Biology remains unknown. For distribution in Georgia, see Fig. 43 . This is the first record of the species in the South Caucasus.

Figures

FIGURES1–15.General habitusof(1—Acossusterebra, male,Mijniskure;2—Cossuscossus, maleKhertvisi;3—Deserticossus arenicola, male, Saguramo; 4—Deserticossus volgensis, male, Chachuna MR; 5—Dyspessa cerberus, male, Meskhikedi; 6— Dyspessa confusa sp. nov., holotype male, Khertvisi; 7—Dyspessa parvana sp. nov., holotype male, Vardzia; 8—Dyspessa salicicola, male, Mijniskure; 9—Dyspessa tsvetaevi, male, Vashlovani NP; 10—Holcocerus didmanidzeae, holotype male, Vashlovani NP; 11—Holcocerus didmanidzeae, male, Bakuriani; 12—Isoceras huberi, male, Vashlovani NP; 13—Paracossulus thrips, male, Mijniskure; 14—Parahypopta caestrum, male, Mijniskure; 15—Phragmataecia castneae, male, Poti). Scale bars: 10 mm (1–5, 7–15); 5 mm (6).

FIGURES 26–38. Genitalia of (26—Dyspessa confusa sp. nov., holotype male, Khertvisi; 27—ditto, aedeagus; 28—Dyspessa cerberus, male, Meskhikedi; 29—ditto, aedeagus; 30—Dyspessa parvana sp. nov., holotype male, Vardzia; 31—ditto, aedeagus; 32—Stygioides jarii sp. nov., holotype male, Vashlovani NP; 33—ditto, aedeagus; 34—Stygioides jarii sp. nov, paratype male, Vashlovani NP; 35—ditto, aedeagus; 36—Stygioides mirifica sp. nov, holotype male, Vashlovani NP; 37—ditto, aedeagus; 38—Stygioides mirifica sp. nov, paratype female, Vashlovani NP). Scale bars: 2 mm (38); 1 mm (27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37); 0.5 mm (26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36).

FIGURES 43–46. Known records of Cossidae in Georgia (43—Zeuzerapyrina; Phragmataecia ignota sp. nov.; Phragmataecia castaneae; Stygioides jarii sp. nov.; Isoceras huberi; Dyspessa ulula; Dyspessa parvana sp.nov.; Dyspessa confusa sp. nov; Dyspessa cerberus; Dyspessa infuscata; 44—Acossus terebra; Deserticossus volgensis; Deserticossus arenicola; Dieida ledereri; Dyspessa tsvetaevi; 45—Cossus cossus; Holcocerus didmanidzeae; Stygioides mirifica sp.nov.; Paracossulus thrips; 46—Dyspessa salicicola; Cecryphalus strix; Parahypopta caestrum).