Aelia virgata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 16

Aelia virgata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841)

Cimex virgatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841: 67 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, 2011, 2013; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Linnavuori 2012), Hamadan ( Safavi 1959; Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005), Isfahan ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005), Kerman ( Safavi 1959), Kermanshah ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), Kordestan (Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997), Lorestan ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Markazi, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran (Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin, Semnan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961), Tehran ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962, 1966; Hoberlandt 1997; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005), Zanjan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) ( Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Ponto-Mediterranean, Central Asia, Near East.

Host plants. On Triticum vulgare , Hordeum vulgare (both Poaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Sakenin et al. 2008), wild Poaceae ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), wheat ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Khanjani 2006), barley ( Modarres Awal 1997b), under Astragalus sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, 2011); in Ukraine on Taeniatherum asperum ( Poaceae ) ( Putshkov 1961).