Holcocerus didmanidzeae Yakovlev, 2006

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 : 511

Holcocerus didmanidzeae Yakovlev, 2006

( Figs 10–11 )

Holcocerus didmanidzae : Yakovlev 2006: 14, fig. 5, pl.1 (fig. 10) ( ♂)

Material examined. GEORGIA • 1♂; Dedoplistskaro Mun., Vashlovani NP. ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 29 June 1973; SJMG • 1♂; Prov. Tiflis, Distr. Gori, Pag. Bakuriani ; leg. V. Kozlovski; 27 July 1917; SJMG .

Remarks. The species was originally named Holcocerus didmanidzae Yakovlev, 2006 , in honour of Georgian lepidopterologist Eter Didmanidze. However, the original paper does not justify the choice of the specific name ending; therefore, we correct it here. The species is currently known from Vashlovani National Park only ( Fig. 45 ). Its biology remains unknown.

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 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).