Sclerocona acutellus ( Eversmann, 1842 )

Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, Zootaxa 5289 (1), pp. 1-82 : 49

Sclerocona acutellus ( Eversmann, 1842)

( Fig. 22B )

Chilo acutellus Eversmann, 1842: 563–564 .

LT: Russia, Orenburg.

Material examined. 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: Ardebil Prov.: 1 ♀, Moghân, 22.v.1969, Arghand leg. , 1 ♂, Moghân , Doost Kandi, N 39˚41΄07.4˝, E 47˚57΄58.6˝, 34 m, 18.viii.2014, Afsariân leg. ; Gilân Prov.: 1 ♀, Lâhijân , 20.vii.1970, Abâi leg. , 1 ♂, Rasht , 30.iii.1972, Shenâsi leg. ; Mâzandarân Prov.: 1 ♀, Mahmudâbâd, Gâleshpol , 21.v.1975 , no collector is given, 1 ♀, Sâri , 0 m, 23.vi.1995, Mirzâyâns, Sarafrâzi, Badii leg.

Distribution. Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, Belarus, Britain Island, Bulgaria, central and southern parts of European Russia, Croatia, Danish mainland, French mainland, Italian mainland, Romania, Sicily, Spanish mainland, Balearic Islands, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Norwegian mainland; Transcaucasia; Central Asia; Turkey, Siberia, China, Korea, Japan, North America (probably introduced) ( Slamka 2013; de Jong et al. 2014); Iran [Gilan (Taher Gourab) and Golestan (Golestan National Park: Ghaleh Palangan) Provinces] ( Amsel 1959; Wieser et al. 2002).

Genus Sitochroa Hübner, 1825

Figures

FIGURE 22. A) Pyrausta limbopunctalis (Herrich-Schäffer), female, Gilan, Asalem. B) Sclerocona acutella (Eversmann), male. C) Sitochroa palealis (Denis & Schifferm̧ller), male. D–F) S. verticalis (Linnaeus): male, Tehran, Evin (D), male, Razavi Khorasan, Mashhad (E), female, Mazandaran, Palang Darreh (F) (scale bar = 10.0 mm).