Dolicharthria bruguieralis (Duponchel, 1833)

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 : 42

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scientific name	Dolicharthria bruguieralis (Duponchel, 1833)
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Material examined. 3 ÔÔ 4 ♀♀: West Âzarbâijân Prov. : 1 Ô, 15 km NE Mâku, 6.vi.1975, Abâi leg. , 1 Ô, Mâku, Sangar vill., N 39°18ˊ37.5″, E 44°26ˊ8.52″, 1004 m, 16.ix.2011, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2544, HMIM) GoogleMaps , 3 ♀♀, Orumiyeh, Ghâsemloo , 10.vi.1975, Abâi leg. , 1 ♀, 15 km NE Sardasht , 23.vi.1975, Abâi leg. ; Kermânshâh Prov.: 1 Ô, Ghallâjeh , 1810 m, 18.viii.1996, V. Nazari, Barâri, Parchami-Arâghi leg.

Distribution. Southern Europe; N Africa, South Africa, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria, India, China, Taiwan, Tibet, Japan ( Slamka 2013); Iran: Bushehr (Bushehr) and Fars (Barm Firuz, Shiraz, Sineh Sefid, Pirezan) Provinces ( Amsel 1961).

Remarks. The wings ground colour of all the examined specimens is pale grayish-brown. This species is externally hardly distinguishable from D. daralis . Comparing the labial palpi of both species showed that there is no considerable difference between these two species in the length of labial palpus.

References

Amsel, H. G. (1961) Die Microlepidopteren der Brandt'schen Iran-Ausbeute. 5. Teil. Arkiv for Zoologi, New Series, 13 (17), 323 - 445, pls. 1 - 9.

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

Figures

FIGURE 20. A) Dolicharthria punctalis (Denis & Schifferm̧ller), male. B) D. bruguieralis (Duponchel), male. C) D. daralis (Chrétien), female. D) D. intervacatalis (Christoph), female. E, F) Metasia suppandalis (Ḩbner), male, Kermanshah (E) and female, North Khorasan, Jozak (F) (scale bar = 10.0 mm).