Diadochia stigmatica WILTSHIRE, 1984

Kazemi, E., Shirvani, A., Ronkay, L. & Asadi, M., 2012, A New Diadochia Püngeler, 1914 Species From Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Xyleninae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (2), pp. 163-168 : 167-168

Diadochia stigmatica WILTSHIRE, 1984

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Diadochia stigmatica WILTSHIRE, 1984 , Fauna of Saudi Arabia 6: 390. L. t.: Saudi Arabia, Bukhara.

Material examined. 1 male, Iran, Prov. Kerman, farm of Shahid Bahonar University , 07.03.2010, leg. H. SHEYKHNEJAD (coll. SBUK); slide No. AS 477m.

Distribution. The species has an expanded Levantine-Arabic distribution. It has been recorded from Saudi Arabia ( WILTSHIRE 1984), Israel, Palestine, Jordan ( HACKER 2001) and SE Iran.

Bionomics. Similarly to the other members of the genus, D. stigmatica is a late flying eremic species. It inhabits open lowlands with low vegetation consisting of mostly halophilous plants. Comparing with its previously known localities, this species was found to occur in areas of higher elevation. The specimen was collected at light. Early stages and larval foodplant are unknown.

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Acknowledgements – Our sincere thanks to Mr. HADI SHEYKHNEJAD for his help to collect material from the farm of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; and to the two anonymous referees who helped considerably in the improvement of the manuscript.