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Geographical distribution of carpenter moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) in the Old World was studied. The cossid faunas of different zoogeographical zones of Earth were characterized. Zoogeographical boundaries, centers of species diversity and generic diversity, centers of endemism in the Palaearctic part of the Holarctic Kingdom, as well as in the Afro-tropical, Indo-Malayan and Australian zoogeographical regions were specified. The Papuan choron was proposed to be regarded as a subregion of the Indo-Malayan region of the Paleotropical Kingdom. The Australian and the New Zealand chorons were also suggested to be included into the Paleotropical Kingdom as the Australian region. Finally, it was proposed that the border between the Holarctic Kingdom and the Indo-Malayan region should be rectified and that the Eastern-Gobi choron should be considered as the separate zoogeographical superprovince.