Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)

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Higher taxa:	Cossidae (family)/  Cossinae (subfamily)/  Holcocerus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Erschoff, 1874)
Citation:	Hypopta gloriosa nov. sp. Ersch.
Original genus:	Hypopta
Publication:	Erschoff N. G. 1874. Lepidoptera. – In: A. P. Fedschenko. Puteschestvije v' Turkestan'. 2. Zoogeografischeskija Izsledovanija 4 (3).
Journal:	—
Volume:	11 (2)
Issue:	5
Pagination:	35; pl. 2, fig. 31

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	Lectotype	♀		Lectotype ♀, ZMMU.	Turkmenistan	[Turkmenistan], Kizil-Kum desert, Karak Mt, v.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Egypt (Sinai), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	Bahrain		Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 141
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	Oman		Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Catalogue of the family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). page 25
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 174
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 5
Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874)	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 268 (as laudabilis)

Plant note:

Presumed to feed in the roots of Taverniera sp. (see E. P. Wiltshire 1964: 141).

Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain.

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Holcocerus laudabilis Staudinger, 1899	Staudinger, 1899	species	Synonym	Holcocerus laudabilis
Holcocerus mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921	Watkins & Buxton, 1921	species	Synonym	Holcocerus mesopotamicus
Holcocerus puengeleri Rothschild, 1912	Rothschild, 1912	species	Synonym	Holcocerus puengeleri