The Lasiocampidae of Iran (Lepidoptera) Author Zolotuhin, Vadim V. Author Zahiri, Reza text Zootaxa 2008 1791 1 52 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274319 dbfd3ef6-cb2c-4227-8d03-2617b4f502b5 1175-5326 274319 * Phyllodesma joannisi Lajonquiére, 1963 Phyllodesma joannisi Lajonquiére, 1963 , Ann. Soc. Ent. France 132: 71–72, 131, pl.1, figs. 19, 20, pl. 8, figs. 122-124, pl. 9, figs. 138–140. TL: [Caucasus, Azerbajan, Geok-Tapa] mistakedly pointed by de Lajonquiére to be Turkmenia, Geok-Tepe. Holotype : male (ZFMK). Distribution (Map 31): southern Russia (Lower Volga Region), Ciscaucasus, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, east- ern Turkey . - In Iran : Kordestan province. Map 31. Phyllodesma joannisi Lajonquiére, 1963 . Bionomics . The biology of this bivoltine species is poorly known. In Armenia , caterpillars have been recorded on Quercus , Populus tremulae , Populus spp ., Malus , Pyrus , Prunus spinosa (Gevorkjan 1986: 687) . Spring generation dark like European P. ilicifolium L.; summer generation lighter, with reduction of whitish pattern and like P. tremulifolium Esp. The species is noted from Iran for the first time. Material Examined : male, female, Kordestan, Sanandadj-Farah, 10–15.IV 1975 , Haschemi leg. ( HMIM ); 3 males , Iran , 80 km N Quam , 2400 m , 15.IX 2000 , leg. Mueller (MWM). ( HMIM ): Kordestan : Farah, Sanandaj, 10.VI.1975 , leg. Hashemi.