The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Author Matov, Alexej Author Zahiri, Reza Author Holloway, Jeremy D. text Zootaxa 2008 1763 1 37 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.181966 1822bdf4-a38e-45f5-bf44-83bd611e100e 1175-5326 181966 Masalia perstriata fuscostriata (Brandt, 1941) Pl. 3, fig. 19; male genitalia Pl. 7, fig. 36. Timora fuscostriata Brandt, 1941 , Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 31: 854, fig. 43 (TL.: Iran : Tahte Malek). References : Ebert & Hacker 2002 ( Masalia perstriata fuscostriata ). Bionomics: Univoltine. Moths flying from February to April. The species inhabits deserts and semideserts on low elevations ( 550-850 m ). Larval host-plants are unknown. Distribution : Irano-Sindian. Pakistan , India . – In Iran (Pl. 12, fig. 67) occurs in provinces Hormozgan and Sistan va Baluchestan. PLATE 12. Figures 65–71. 65, Distribution of Masalia albida in Iran ; 66, Distribution of M. philbyi in Iran ; 67, Distribution of M. perstriata fuscostriata in Iran ; 68, Provinces of Iran (1, West Azerbaijan ; 2, East Azerbaijan ; 3, Ardebil; 4, Guilan; 5, Mazandaran; 6, Golestan; 7, Khorasan [Khorasan has recently divided by 3 provinces: 7(1): North Knorassan; 7(2): Razavi Khorasan; 7(3): South Khorasan]; 8, Semnan; 9, Tehran; 10, Qazvin; 11, Zanjan; 12, Kordestan; 13, Kermanshah; 14, Hamedan; 15, Markazi; 16, Qom; 17, Esfehan; 18, Yazd; 19, Lorestan; 20, Ilam; 21, Khuzestan; 22, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari; 23, Kohkiluye va Boyer-Ahmad; 24, Fars ; 25, Bushehr; 26, Kerman; 27, Hormozgan; 28, Sistan va Balouchestan); 69, Climatic zones of Iran ; 70, Geographical regions of Iran (1, borders of regions; 2, borders of districts), 1, North Iranian mountain region (1a, North-Western Iran ; 1b, South Caspian mountains; 1c, Turkmen-Khorasan mountains); 2, Caspian wet forest region; 3, South-West Iranian mountain region (3a, Poshte-Kuh or Kabir-Kuh mountains; 3b, Zagros mountains; 3c, Karun Plain); 4, Central Iranian mountain region (4a, Ghohrud mountains; 4b, Kuhbenan mountains; 4c, Gavkhan hollow); 5, South Iranian mountain region (5a, mountains of Fars ; 5b, Kuh-e-Furgun mountains; 5c, eastern part of the South Iranian mountains); 6, East Iranian mountain region (6a, Dzham mountains; 6b, Kayen mountains; 6c, Pelengan mountains; 6d, Serhed tableland); 7, high plains of the Iranian highland (7a, Dasht-e- Kavir desert; 7b, Dasht-e-Lut desert; 7c, Sistan hollow, 7d, Namakzar hollow); 71, Division of the Iranian territory into studied sites, abbreviations as in Table 1. TABLE 1. The two-way table of presence-absence data for Heliothinae species and areas in Iran . Geographical territories are abbreviated as: NNW—north part of the North-West Iran , the Araxes River basin, Talysh Mountains and Arasbaran Forest; NW—North-West Iran , excluding the Araxes River basin, NW of Zagros Mountains including West Azerbaijan , Kordestan and North of Kermanshah; C—the Caspian wet forest region; G – Golestan Forest; E—southern macroslope of the Alburs (=Elburs) Mountains including North of Tehran and Qazvin; NE—the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountains including Binalud and Kopet Dagh Mountains; TS—the Torkman-Sahra Transcaspian plain and other plains North-East Iran ; Z—South-West Iran Mountain region, mainly Zagros Mountains including S Kermanshah, Lorestan, North of Khuzestan, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari, Kohkiluye Boyer-Ahmad, Ilam, Eat of Esfahan, Markazi, Hamedan, excluding the part in Fars ; ZF—Zagros Mts. in Fars ; NZK—North Iran provinces Zanjan and Qazvin; NTQ— North Iranian high plains, mainly Dasht-e-Kavir within the provinces of Tehran, Qom, Semnan, North of Esfahan; Gh—the Central Iranian mountains, mainly Ghohrud Mountains; SKh—the mountains of Southern Khorasan; NB—the mountains of Northern Baluchestan; Hmt – the mountains of Hormozgan including Genu Mountains; Bmt – the mountains of Southern Baluchestan; KzB – the plains of South Khuzestan and the coast of Bushehr; Oc – the coast of the Strait of Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea; I – the islands of the Strait of Persian Gulf.

Abbreviation of region	NNW	NW	C	G	E	NE	TS	Z	ZF	NZK	NTQ	Gh	SKh	NB	Hmt Bmt	KzB	Oc	I
Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1 1	1	1	1
Heliothis maritima Graslin, 1855	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1 1	1	1	1
Heliothis peltigera ([D.&S.], 1775)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1 1	1	1	1
Heliothis incarnata Freyer, 1838	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1 1	1	1	1
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1 1	1	1	1
Schinia scutosa ([D.&S., 1775])	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Periphanes delphinii (Linnaeus, 1758)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Periphanes treitschkei (Frivaldsky, 1835)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Periphanes victorina (Sodoffsky, 1849)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Pyrrhia umbra (Hufnagel, 1766)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Aedophron phlebophora Lederer, 1858	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Aedophron venosa Christoph, 1887	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Aedophron rhodites (Eversmann, 1851)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Aedophron sumorita Ronkay, 2002	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0 0	0	0	0
Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 1	0	1	0
Masalia albida (Hampson, 1905)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1 1	0	0	0
Masalia philbyi (Brandt, 1941)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 1	0	0	0
Masalia perstriata fuscostriata (Brandt, 1941)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 1	0	1	0
Total number of species	9	12	9	10	13	8	5	10	8	8	6	7	4	4	9 9	5	7	5

Material examined: Unknown place: Keine Angaben zum Fundort, Quli Kush, leg. Brandt ( paratype , SMNK ). Hormozgan : Geno M., Issin, 300 m , 11.III.1991 , leg. Mirzayans & Badii ( HMIM ); Straße nach Sirjan, km 107, Bandar-e-Abbas, 850 m , 07.III.1973 , leg. Ebert ( SMNK ); Kuh-e-Geno, 550-650 m , 01- 05.III.1973 , leg. Ebert ( SMNK ); Bander-Abbas, 40 km nördl, 04.IV.1974 , leg. Vartian ( NHMW ); Bander- Abbas, 40 km nördl, 31.III.1972 , leg. Exped. Mus. Vind. ( NHMW ); Bander-Abbas, 75 km nördl., 03.IV.1974 , leg. Vartian ( NHMW ). Sistan va Balouchestan : Bandar-e-Chabahar, 15.II.1938 , leg. Brandt ( paratype , NHMW ); Bandar-e-Chabahar, 15.II.1938 , leg. Brandt ( NHMW ).