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 Anania verbascalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) ( Fig. 1C‒E ) Pyralis verbascalis Denis & Schifferm ̧ller, 1775: 121. TL: Austria , Vienna area [Wienergegend] Syn.: Pyralis arcualis Ḩbner, 1796: pl. 12 fig. 80. Botys plumbocilialis Snellen, 1890: 576 . Material examined. 33 ♂♂, 31 ♀♀ : East Âzarbâijân Prov. : 1 ♀ , Tabriz , Gharah Chaman , 1100 m , 23.vi.1985 , Mirzâyâns , Pâzuki leg. ; Gilân Prov. : 1 ♀ , Asâlem , Shondol , 950 m , 9.viii.1974 , Mirzâyâns , Farahbakhsh leg. , 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ , Bandar Anzali , 15 km Asâlem- Pisâson Rd. , 220 m , 30.viii.1975 , Mirzâyâns leg. , 2 ♂♂, Asâlem , Parehsar , 14.v.1977 , Abâi leg. , 1 ♂, Asâlem , Lâkushin , 305 m , 29.vi.1997 , Mofidi-Neyestânak , Barâri leg. , 1 ♂, 15 km Tâlesh , 31.viii.1975 , Mirzâyâns leg. , 1 ♀ , Rasht , 6.vii.1971 , Shenâsi leg. ; Golestân Prov. : 1 ♂, Gorgân , 12.vii.1967 , Abâi leg. , 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ , Gorgân , Gorgân lab.,?. vi.1974 , no collector is given, 1 ♂, Gorgân , Aliâbâd , Shirinâbâd , 22.v.2005 , Falsafi , Nematiân leg. , 18 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ , Golestân National Park , Mazârli , 530 m , 19.-20.vi.1977 , Pâzuki , Abâi leg. , 1 ♂, Golestân National Park , Tang-e Gol , 700 m , 24.-27.vii.1996 , Ebrâhimi, V. Nazari leg. , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Golestân National Park , Tang-e Gol , 5.vii.1999 , Moghaddam , Barâri , Manzari leg. , 1 ♂, Golestân National Park , Tang Râh , 450 m , 29.vii.-4.viii.1982 , Jafari , Zehzâd , Kiâbi leg. ; Khuzestân Prov. : 1 ♂, Haft Tappeh , 70 m , 25.iv.1976 , Pâzuki , Abâi leg. ; Mâzandarân Prov. : 1 ♀ , Âmol , 27.vii.1974 , Abâi leg. , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Baladeh , Razan , 1000 m , 22.vii.1988 , Mirzâyâns , Badii leg. , 1 ♀ , Nekâ , Bâyeh Kolâ , 1999, no collector is given, 1 ♂, Behshahr , Duk forest , 840 m , 23.vi.1977 , Pâzuki , Mortazavihâ leg. , 1 ♀ , Behshahr , Abbâsâbâd , 404 m , 17.vii.2001 , Gilâsiân , Moghaddam , Ghayurfar leg. ; Tehrân Prov. : 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ , Varâmin , 12.viii.1949 , Eghlidi leg. Distribution. Europe except for northern parts; Turkey , Iran ( Golestan Province : Golestan National Park [Ghaleh Palangan), Gorgan]), Transcaucasia, Russia ( Khabarovsk and Primorye), Korea , China , Japan , India ( Lederer 1871 ; Karsholt & Razowski 1996 ; Wieser et al . 2002 ; Slamka 2013 ; de Jong et al . 2014 ). Remarks. This species is represented by two subspecies: A. verbascalis verbascalis ([Denis & Schifferm̧ller], 1949) and A. verbascalis parvalis (Osthelder, 1935) . The former has pale ochreous to suffused dark brown wings; the latter is smaller and brighter with weakly developed cross lines and marginal bands ( Slamka 2013 ). Most of the examined specimens in this study have a pale yellowish-ochre ground colour with distinct cross lines and narrow marginal bands ( Fig. 1C ), but a few specimens are slightly darker, especially at the area between antemedial and postmedial lines ( Fig. 1D, E ) – something like an intermediate form between the two above-mentioned subspecies. In the Golestan Province we have both pale and slightly darker forms even among specimens with exactly same collecting data. Therefore, as stated by Slamka (2013) , A. verbascalis parvalis is only an infrasubspecific form of A. verbascalis , and here we consider A. verbascalis verbascalis as senior synonym of A. verbascalis parvalis syn. n.