Loxostege scalaralis (Christoph, 1877)

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 : 56

Loxostege scalaralis (Christoph, 1877)

( Fig. 26A )

Eurycreon scalaralis Christoph, 1877: 275–276 , pl. 7 fig. 46.

TL: Turkmenien, Krasnowodsk.

Material examined. 11 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀: Alborz Prov.: 2 ♀♀, Karaj, 24.iv.1972, no collector is given; Fârs Prov.: 1 ♀, Dârâb, Rostâgh , 1250 m, 21.-23.iv.1992, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg. , 7 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Âbâdeh, Shurjestân , 2000 m, 30.iv.1985, Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi leg. , 1 ♂, 5 km N Dasht-e Arzhan , 2000 m, 1.v.1985, Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi leg. ; Kermân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 30 km W Sarcheshmeh , 1700 m, 2.v.1986, Mirzâyâns, Borumand leg. (gen. prep. HA-2447, HMIM) ; Sistân and Baluchestân Prov.: 1 ♂, Khâsh , 3 km SE Eskelâbâd, 1700 m, 12.v.1972, Abâi, Ebert leg.

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ( Amsel 1970; Slamka 2013), Armenia ( Ziegler 2005 –2019), Iran ( Koçak & Kemal 2014).

Remarks. There is no particular variation among the studied specimens externally, except the size of the forewing’s elongate oval discoidal spot which is smaller in a few of specimens, even with the same collecting data.

Figures

FIGURE 26. A) Loxostege scalaralis (Christoph), male. B) L. wagneri Zerny in Wagner, male. C) L. bicoloralis Warren, female. D) L. deliblatica Szent-Ivany & Uhrik-Meszaros, male. E) L. mucosalis (Herrich-Schäffer), male. F) L. peltaloides (Rebel in Wagner), male (scale bar = 10.0 mm).