Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)

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 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7681960
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scientific name	Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
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Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) View in CoL View at ENA

( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 )

Material examined. Zanjân Prov.: 1 Ô, Gilvân, Judaki vill. to Jeyshâbâd vill. Rd., Bahrâmâbâd , N 36°49 ΄6.82″, E 49°13 ΄8.39″, 1301 m, 20.vii.2010, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Native to tropics and subtropics worldwide; widespread in S Europe, occasionally migrates to the North: Central Europe, British Isles, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, S Scandinavia, and Balticum. European part of Russia ( Slamka 2013), and Iran (Gilan Province: Rudbar) ( Saeb 1999).

Remarks. This species is a significant pest of nurseries and young trees in olive groves in Iran ( Saeb 1999). It has 4–5 generations per year at field conditions, and could overwinter as 2nd and 3rd larval instars ( Noori & Shirazi 2012).

Genus Diaphania H̡bner, 1818

References

Noori, H. & Shirazi, J. (2012) A study on some biological characteristics of olive leaf moth, Palpita unionalis H ¸ bner (Lep: Pyralidae) in Iran. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 14, 257 - 266.

Saeb, H. (1999) The First Report of a Quarantine Pest in Roodbar Olive Orchard. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 3 (1), 63 - 72. [in Persian]

Slamka, F. (2013) Pyraloidea of Europe (Lepidoptera). Vol. 3. Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae. F. Slamka, Bratislava, 357 pp.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A) Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel), female. B) Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius), female. C) Palpita vitrealis (Rossi), male. D) Diaphania indica (Saunders), male. E) Cydalima perspectalis (Walker), male. F) Glyphodes pyloalis Walker, female (scale bar = 10.0 mm).