title: Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species.
abstract: An annotated list of the Cossidae of the Russian portion of the Caucasus including 20 species from 11 genera and two subfamilies is presented for the first time. A new species Cryptoholcocerus daghestanica sp. nov. is also described.
authors.affiliation: Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical garden, Lenina 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.; Email: cossus_cossus@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Roman V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.affiliation: Botanical Garden, Southern federal University, Botanicheskij spusk 7, Rostov-on-Don, 344041, Russia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Poltavsky
authors.affiliation: Daghestan Sci. Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhieva 45, Makhachkala, Daghestan Republic, Russia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Elena V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ilyina
authors.affiliation: The Federal Budget Institution «Russian Centre of Forest Health» branch «Centre of Forest Health of Krasnodar Region», Odesskiy pr-d 4, 350080, Krasnodar, Russia; Email: czl23@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Valeriy I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shchurov
authors.affiliation: Museum Witt, Tengstrasse 33, D-80796, Munich, Germany.; Email: thomas@witt-thomas.com.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Witt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D012426:Russia