Sundacossus timur Yakovlev, 2006

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Korzeev, Andrei I., 2022, Review of the genus Sundacossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of one new species from Lombok Island (Indonesia), Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 27-32 : 31-32

Sundacossus timur Yakovlev, 2006

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Tinea 19 (3): 194.

Type locality: Indonesia, Flores (W), prov. Nusa Tengarra, Timur, 15 km E. Labuhanbaja. Type material (holotype, male) in MWM .

Material examined. 1 male (holotype), Indonesia, Flores (W), prov. Nusa Tengarra , Timur, 15 km E. Labuhanbaja, primarwäld, 200 m, 9−12.iv.1996, leg. Dr. R. Brechlin, GernitalPräparat Heterocera MWM : 10622 ( MWM); 1 male, Indonesia, Flores Island, Bajawa , Wolokoro Ecolodge, heavily disturbed monsoon forests and eucalyptus plantings, 08º49'02"S, 120º56'03"E, 28−31.i.2020, V. Spitsyn leg. ( RYB) .

Distribution: Indonesia, Flores Island.

Diagnosis. Differs from the other species of the genus in the dark color, big size, practically smooth costal edge.

Discussion. Thus, the genus Sundacossus is an endemic of Lesser Sunda Islands and includes three species. It is a unique genus of the monotypic subfamily Cossinae , distributed in this region ( Yakovlev 2015). The representatives of this genus are widespread in the Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ( Myers 1988; Myers et al. 2000). The species of the genus are distributed in the ecoregions of Lesser Sunda Islands ( Wikramanayake et al. 2002) as follows: the Lesser Sundas deciduous forests ( S. rinjaniensis and S. timur ), the Sumba deciduous forests ( S. gauguini ). In both ecoregions Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests habitat type is represented.

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Figure 3. Distributional map of Sundacossus.