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 AbbâsSirjân 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, Takhte 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 )

Figures

FIGURE 14. A, B) Synclera bleusei Obertḩr, female, Kerman, Sargaz (A), and female, Kerman, Kahnuj (B). C, D) S. in- terruptalis (Amsel), male (C), female (paratype), Sistan and Baluchestan, Chabahar (D). E) S. traducalis (Zeller), female. F) Maruca vitrata (Fabricius), male (scale bar = 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 15. Male genitalia of Synclera bleusei Oberthür (A‒E) (genitalia slides HA-2811, HA-2816, HA-2826, HMIM) and S. interruptalis (Amsel) (F‒H) (genitalia slide HA-2813, HMIM). A, F) Main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively. B, G) Fibula. C‒E, H) Cornuti.

FIGURE 16. The eighth abdominal tergite and sternite (A, B), and female genitalia (C‒F) of Synclera bleusei Obertḩr (A, C, D) (genitalia slide, HA-2815, HA-2826, HMIM), and S. interruptalis (Amsel) (B, E, F) (genitalia slides HA-2813, HMIM and NHRS-TOBI 000005233). The arrows in the figures A and B indicate the differences between the eighth abdominal tergites and sternites of the two species.