Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran Author Alipanah, Helen 0000-0002-3717-6304 alipanah@iripp.ir Author Asselbergs, Jan jef.asselbergs@hetnet.nl Author Malm, Tobias tobias.malm@nrm.se Author Slamka, František 0000-0002-3717-6304 alipanah@iripp.ir text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-18 5289 1 1 82 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1 journal article 53357 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1 4ae5e2e8-64ab-4d9b-8994-666c36b53d7b 1175-5326 7959127 48861CED-4F86-409E-B786-E3650FB4DCC3 Loxostege scalaralis (Christoph, 1877) ( Fig. 26A ) Eurycreon scalaralis Christoph, 1877: 275–276 , pl. 7 fig. 46. TL: Turkmenien, Krasnowodsk. Material examined. 11 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ : Alborz Prov. : 2 ♀♀ , Karaj , 24.iv.1972 , no collector is given; Fârs Prov. : 1 ♀ , Dârâb , Rostâgh , 1250 m , 21.-23.iv.1992 , Mirzâyâns , Badii leg. , 7 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ , Âbâdeh , Shurjestân , 2000 m , 30.iv.1985 , Mirzâyâns , Hâshemi leg. , 1 ♂, 5 km N Dasht-e Arzhan , 2000 m , 1.v.1985 , Mirzâyâns , Hâshemi leg. ; Kermân Prov. : 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ , 30 km W Sarcheshmeh , 1700 m , 2.v.1986 , Mirzâyâns , Borumand leg. (gen. prep. HA-2447, HMIM ) ; Sistân and Baluchestân Prov. : 1 ♂, Khâsh , 3 km SE Eskelâbâd , 1700 m , 12.v.1972 , Abâi , Ebert leg. Distribution. Turkmenistan , Afghanistan ( Amsel 1970 ; Slamka 2013 ), Armenia ( Ziegler 2005 –2019), Iran ( Koçak & Kemal 2014 ). Remarks. There is no particular variation among the studied specimens externally, except the size of the forewing’s elongate oval discoidal spot which is smaller in a few of specimens, even with the same collecting data.