Evergestis pechi (Bethune-Baker, 1885)

Alipanah, Helen, Khodadad, Masoumeh, Rajaei, Hossein & Haseli, Mohammad, 2018, Taxonomic study of the genus Evergestis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4420 (1), pp. 1-33 : 30

Evergestis pechi (Bethune-Baker, 1885)

Material examined. HMIM: Iran, Alborz Prov.: 1 ♀, Karaj, 30.iv.1974, Anonymous leg. , 1 ♂, Karaj, Shāhdasht, 9.iv.1975, Rajabi leg.; Tehrān Prov.: 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Evin, 3, 10.v.1974, Anonymous leg. ; Kermān Prov.: 3 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ , Kermān, 30 km W. Sarcheshmeh , 1700 m, 2.v.1976, Mirzāyāns, Borumand leg. , one specimen without abdomen, Jiroft, Kahnuj, 6 km E. Rāmeshak, Bāru , 700 m, 14.iii.1978, Pāzuki leg. , 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Jiroft, Kahnuj, Marz, Pimehjān, 750 m, 9.iii.1978, Pāzuki leg., 1 ♂, Kahnuj, Marz, Gowe Niskā, 800–1000 m, 12.iii.1978, Pāzuki leg., one specimen without abdomen, Fāriāb , 5.iii.1972, Mirzāyāns, Borumand leg.

Distribution. N. Africa, Jordan, Malta, Malaga, Huelva ( Goater 2005).

Remarks. In females, corpus bursae is globular and directed posteriorly, length of signa is variable and almost one-third to one-half of the longitudinal length of corpus bursae, and the length of colliculum is 0.37–0.47 times as long as the antrum (n= 3). This species is newly reported from Iran.