Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)

Matov, Alexej, Zahiri, Reza & Holloway, Jeremy D., 2008, The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1763, pp. 1-37 : 22-23

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181966

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235945

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scientific name

Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
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Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865) View in CoL

Pl. 2, fig. 16; male genitalia Pl. 7, fig. 34.

Leucania confertissima Walker, 1865 , List. Spec. Lep. Ins. Coll. Br. Mus. 32: 625 (TL.: [ India]: South Indostan).

Synonymy: Heliocheilus hyalosticta Hampson, 1894 , Raghuva perdentata Hampson, 1903 , Heliocheilus mekrana Brandt, 1941 , Heliocheilus designata Brandt, 1941 , Raghuva ennedica Herbulot & Viette, 1952 . References: Brandt 1941 ( Heliocheilus mekrana , Heliocheilus designata ); Ebert & Hacker 2002 ( Heliocheilus confertissima ).

Bionomics: Univoltine. Moths flying from February to April. The species inhabits deserts and semi-deserts on lowlands and medium elevations (200 – 1100 m). Larval host-plants are unknown.

Distribution: Afrotropical-Asiatic. East Africa, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar. – In Iran (Pl. 11, fig. 64) occurs in provinces Qom, Hormozgan and Sistan va Baluchestan.

Material examined: Qom: Qom, 20 km S dl., 1100 m, 28.IV.1975, leg. Thomas ( SMNK). Hormozgan: Sarkhoun, 08.III.1972, leg. Mirzayans & Borumand; Sirik, 30 m, 19.III.1991, leg. Mirzayans & Badii; Kuh-e- Geno, 550-650 m, 01-05.III.1973, leg. Ebert; Shirin Rud, 45 km NE, Bandar-e-Abbas, 20 m, 02.III.1973, leg. Ebert ( SMNK); Straße nach Sirjan, km 107, Bandar-e-Abbas, 850 m, 07.III.1973, leg. Ebert ( SMNK); Bandar-Abbas (Düden), 17 km östl., 15.IV.1972, leg. Exped. Mus. Vind. ( NHMW); Bandar-Abbas (Düden), 17 km östl., 05.IV.1974, leg. Vartian ( NHMW). Sistan va Balouchestan: Bandar-e-Chabahar, 1938, leg. Brandt; Bandar-e-Chabahar, 21.II.1938, leg. Brandt (paratype, SMNK). Sharistan: Kuche Makran, 6[19].03.1901, leg. Zarudnyj ( ZISP).

SMNK

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

SubFamily

Heliothinae

Genus

Heliocheilus

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