A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species
Author
Alipanah, Helen
0000-0002-3717-6304
alipanah@iripp.ir
Author
Slamka, František
0000-0002-3717-6304
alipanah@iripp.ir
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-02-27
5248
1
1
70
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1
1175-5326
7681705
4F0414D1-147A-41CF-AEDB-8C88A400258A
Herpetogramma fascinalis
(Amsel, 1950)
Material examined.
No material was available for examination in this study.
Distribution.
Iran
:
Sistan and Baluchestan Province
(Chabahar;
type
locality) (Amsel 1950).
Remarks.
According to Amsel (1950), this species can be easily separated from
H. licarsisalis
externally by having three equal-sized black spots on costal margin of the forewing: one near the base, the second at the beginning of the second transverse line, and the third more distant at the beginning of the fourth transverse line. The last one is reniform spot which is located at distal part of the discoidal cell.
Herpetogramma licarsisalis
has two black spots on the forewing, the larger reniform and the smaller antemedial spots both located inside the discoidal cell.