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Hodebertia testalis

Description

Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)

(Fig. 11B)

Material examined. 2 ÔÔ 10 ♀♀: Bushehr Prov.: 2 ♀♀, Genâveh Rd., Siâhmakân, 200 m, 17.iv.1977, Pâzuki, Hâshemi leg.; Fârs Prov. 1 ♀, Dârâb, Rostâgh, 1250 m, 21.–23.iv.1992, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg., 1 Ô, Gâwkoshak, 110 km S Shirâz, 26.vii.1975, Abâi leg., 1 ♀, 42 km WNW Jahrom (Astragalus steppe), 1300 m, 26.iii.1973, Abâi leg., 1 ♀, Mamasani, 9.ix.1971, Borumand leg., 1 ♀, Nowdân, Tang-e Abolhayât, 25.vi.–20.vii.1975, Abâi leg., 1 ♀, Shirâz, 110 km Nowdân, 1000 m, 7.vii.1975, Abâi leg.; Khuzestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Dezful, Safiâbâd, 150 m, 23.iv.1995, Parchami-Arâghi, Ardeh, Badii leg., 1 Ô, Minu Isl., 14.iv.2002, Ghayurfar leg.; Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Prov.: 1 ♀, 15 km SE Yâsuj, 2050 m, 15.vi.1972, Ebert, Pâzuki leg.; Lorestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Pol-e Dokhtar, 335 m, 7.v.1975, Pâzuki, Borumand leg.

Distribution. Native in tropics and subtropics, probably resident in the Mediterranean area (Slamka 2013), Iran (Ahwaz) (Amsel 1949).

Genus Palpita H̡bner, 1808

Notes

Published as part of Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 5248 (1) on pages 25-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7681705

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References

  • Slamka, F. (2013) Pyraloidea of Europe (Lepidoptera). Vol. 3. Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae. F. Slamka, Bratislava, 357 pp.
  • Amsel, H. G. (1949) On the Microlepidoptera collected by E. P. Wiltshre in Irak and Iran in the years 1935 to 1938. Bulletin de la Societe Fouad 1 er d'Entomologie, 33, 271 - 351.