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First records of two genera Phragmacossia Schawerda, 1924 and Stygia Latreille, [1802] in the South Caucasus (Lepidoptera, Cossidae)

  • 1. Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2. Estonian Lepidopterist's Society, Tallinn, Estonia|SHILAP, Madrid, Spain|SEL Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica, Stuttgart, Germany|Finnish Lepidopterist's Society, Helsinki, Finland
  • 3. Unaffiliated, Vantaa, Finland
  • 4. Institute of Zoology of Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 5. SHILAP, Madrid, Spain|Lasnamäe Gymnasium, Tallinn, Estonia

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The study provides an update on the Lepidoptera diversity of Armenia, with the first record of two genera Phragmacossia Schawerda, 1924 and Stygia Latreille, [1802] based on 10 male specimens of Phragmacossia territa (Staudinger, 1879) and a single female specimen of Stygia mosulensis Daniel, 1965 collected in Alvank, Syuik Province, Armenia. These are also the first record of this genera in the South Caucasus.

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