Taxonomic study of the genus Evergestis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) in Iran with description of a new species
Author
Alipanah, Helen
Author
Khodadad, Masoumeh
Author
Rajaei, Hossein
Author
Haseli, Mohammad
text
Zootaxa
2018
4420
1
1
33
journal article
30081
10.11646/zootaxa.4420.1.1
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1175-5326
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Evergestis pechi
(Bethune-Baker, 1885)
Material
examined.
HMIM
:
Iran
,
Alborz
Prov.:
1 ♀
,
Karaj
,
30.iv.1974
,
Anonymous
leg.
, 1 ♂, Karaj, Shāhdasht,
9.iv.1975
, Rajabi leg.;
Tehrān
Prov.:
1 ♂
1 ♀
,
Evin
, 3,
10.v.1974
,
Anonymous
leg.
;
Kermān
Prov.:
3 ♂♂
4 ♀♀
,
Kermān
,
30 km
W.
Sarcheshmeh
,
1700 m
,
2.v.1976
,
Mirzāyāns
,
Borumand
leg.
,
one specimen without abdomen, Jiroft, Kahnuj,
6 km
E.
Rāmeshak
,
Bāru
,
700 m
,
14.iii.1978
,
Pāzuki
leg.
, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Jiroft, Kahnuj, Marz, Pimehjān,
750 m
,
9.iii.1978
, Pāzuki leg., 1 ♂, Kahnuj, Marz, Gowe Niskā,
800–1000 m
,
12.iii.1978
, Pāzuki leg.,
one specimen without abdomen,
Fāriāb
,
5.iii.1972
,
Mirzāyāns
,
Borumand
leg.
Distribution.
N. Africa,
Jordan
,
Malta
, Malaga, Huelva (
Goater 2005
).
Remarks.
In females, corpus bursae is globular and directed posteriorly, length of signa is variable and almost one-third to one-half of the longitudinal length of corpus bursae, and the length of colliculum is 0.37–0.47 times as long as the antrum (n= 3). This species is newly reported from
Iran
.