Synclera bleusei Oberth

Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5248 (1), pp. 1-70 : 31

Synclera bleusei Oberth ̡r, 1887

( Figs 14A, B, 15A‒E, 16A, C, D)

Material examined. 4 ÔÔ 11 ♀♀: Bushehr Prov. : 1 ♀, l0 km N Dâlaki, 18.iv.1977, Pâzuki, Hâshemi leg., 1 Ô, Fârur Isl. , 20 m, 29.–30.xi.1998, Mofidi-Neyestânak, Barâri, Ghayurfar leg. , 1 Ô 1 ♀, Fârur Isl. , 0–20 m, 14.– 15.ii.1999, Barâri, Mofidi-Neyestânak, Kalânaki leg. (gen. prep. HA-2810, HA-2826, HMIM) ; Hormozgân Prov.: 1 Ô 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, Rudân , 400 m, 4.iv.1973, Abâi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2811, HMIM) , 1 Ô 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs- Sirjân Rd. (km 70), 500 m, 2.iv.1973, Abâi leg. , 2 ♀♀, Bandar Lengeh , 50 m, 27.iv.1986, Mirzâyâns, Borumand leg. , 1 ♀, Bandar-e Khamir , 50 m, 26.iv.1986, Mirzâyâns, Borumand leg. ; Kermân Prov.: 1 ♀, Jiroft, Esfandagheh, Sargaz , 1650 m, 20.v.1977, Safavi, Pâzuki leg. , 1 ♀, Jiroft, Kahnuj, Marz , 24 km SE Pimehjân, 860 m, 10.iii.1978, Pâzuki leg. ; Khuzestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Dezful, Gotvand , 100 m, 11.vi.2000, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg. , 1 ♀, Genâveh Rd., Siâhmakân , 200 m, 7.iv.1977, Pâzuki, Hâshemi leg.

Distribution. Libya, Tunisia, Iran [Hormozgan (Sarzeh) and Sistan and Baluchestan (Chabahar, Sengan, Takht- e Malek) Provinces], Afghanistan ( Amsel 1961, 1970; Slamka 2013).

Remarks. The fringes of both fore- and hindwing of the examined material are not always white ( Fig. 14A). In some specimens, fringes at the middle part of the forewing and basal area of the hindwing are pale-brown ( Fig. 14B). There is also an intraspecific variation in the width of the wing’s cross lines and partly their distances from each other, especially those of the hindwing ( Fig. 14A, B)