title: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park.
abstract: The annotated list of Cossidae of Afghanistan consists of 44 species in 17 genera from the four subfamilies Catoptinae, Cossinae, Zeuzerinae, and Mehariinae. Three new species are described: Cossulus habibae Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov., Semagystia bamiani Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov., Phragmacossia bandeamiri Yakovlev, Pljustch, Skrylnik & Pak, sp. nov.; all from Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamian Province. Three species (Dervishiya cadambae (Moore, 1865), Semagystia cossoides (Graeser, 1892), Phragmacossia territa (Staudinger, 1879)) are reported for the first time from Afghanistan. A brief biogeographical analysis of the Cossidae of Afghanistan is given.
authors.affiliation: Altai State University (South Siberian Botanical Garden), Lenina pr. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.; Email: yakovlev_asu@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Roman V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.affiliation: I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, B. Khmelnitskogo 15, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine.; Email: loxias001@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Igor G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pljustch
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration, Pushkinska str. 86, Kharkov, 61024, Ukraine.; Email: yuriy.skrylnik@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yuriy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Skrylnik
authors.affiliation: Donetsk National University, Faculty of Biology, Shchors str. 46, Donetsk, 83050, Ukraine.; Email: pak@telenet.dn.ua.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pak
authors.affiliation: Witt Museum, Tengstrasse 33, D-80796, Munich, Germany.; Email: thomas@witt-thomas.com.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Witt
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size; D000068316:Parks, Recreational