Dyspessa salicicola Eversmann, 1848

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 : 510

Dyspessa salicicola Eversmann, 1848

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Dyspessa salicicola : Yakovlev el al. 2022: 695, figs 1–15, 28–33 ( ♂)

Material examined. GEORGIA • 11♂ 4♀; Kakheti, Dedoplistskaro Mun., Vashlovani NP; N41.1183°, E46.6405°; 114 m a.s.l.; leg. L-G. Japaridze; 21 May 2025; JLGT • 4♂; Tbilisi; leg. LG. Japaridze; 30 June 2025; JLGT • 1♂; Idem; 3 June 2024; JLGT • 1♀; Idem; 13 June 2021; JLGT • 1♂; Idem; 4 May 2021; JLGT • 3♂ 1♀; Dedoplistskaro; leg. LG. Japaridze; 20 June 2023; JLGT • 1♂; Vashlovani NP; leg. E. Didmanidze; 10 April 1975; SJMG • 1♂; Idem ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 23 April 1976; SJMG • 1♂; Idem; 23 June 1973; SJMG • 1♂; Idem; 23 June 1974; SJMG • 1♂; Idem; 11 July 1972; SJMG • 1♀; Idem, Datviskhevi ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 30 June 1973; SJMG • 2♂; Idem, Eldar ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 28 June 1973; SJMG • 1♂; Idem; 30 June 1973; SJMG • 2♂; Idem; 17 June 1973; SJMG • 1♂; Saguramo ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 13 July 1966; SJMG • 1♂; Idem; 17 July 1970; SJMG • 1♂; Khando ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 14 June 1964; SJMG • 7♂; Adjara, Kintrishi, Meskhikedi ; leg. E. Didmanidze; 17 April 1974; SJMG • 2♂; Mijniskure ; N41.110°, E46.649°; 100 m a.s.l.; 4–5 May 2023; VLHF • 1♂; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 14 June 2024; VLHF • 5♂ 3♀; Kakheti, Dedoplistskaro Mun., Vashlovani NP; N41.1183°, E46.6405°; 114 m a.s.l.; leg. J. Junnilainen; 18 May 2023; JJVF • 6♂; Khertvisi ; N 41.45197°, E 043.30676°; 1158 m a.s.l.; leg. L-G. Japaridze; 13 July 2025; JLGT • 5♂; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 26 June 2023; VLHF • 1♂; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 26 June 2024; VLHF • 1♂; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 3 July 2023; VLHF • 1♀; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 15 June 2024; VLHF • 2♂; Mijniskure ; leg. A. & L. Vähätalo; 21 June 2024; VLHF .

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Balkans, Turkey, Ukraine, SW Russia, the South Caucasus, NW China, and Kazakhstan. The host plant is Salix fragilis L. ( Alipanah et al. 2021). For distribution in Georgia, see Fig. 46 .

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).