Psacasta (Psacasta) exanthematica exanthematica Scopoli, 1763

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 77

Psacasta (Psacasta) exanthematica exanthematica Scopoli, 1763

Cimex exanthematica Scopoli, 1763: 121 ; Cimex pedemontanus Fabricius, 1781: 342 ; Cimex allioni Gmelin, 1790: 2132 ; Psacasta exanthematica var. herculeana Horváth, 1891: 76 ; Psacasta pallida Reuter, 1902: 141 ; Psacasta simillima Horváth, 1917: 368 ; Psacasta herculeana var. versicolor Stichel, 1960: 469 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1955; Carapezza & Kerzhner 2005; Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 1997b), Golestan, Guilan (new materials, det. P. Moulet), Hormozgan (Hoberlandt 1995 as Psacasta pallida ), Ilam ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959; Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 1997b), Kermanshah ( Safavi 1959), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 2008, Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan (Carapezza & Kerzhner 2005), Mazandaran, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955; Safavi 1959, Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008), West Azarbaijan ( Kiritshenko 1938; Putshkov 1965; Hoberlandt 1997), Iran (no locality cited) ( Göllner-Scheiding 2006b).

General distribution. Afghanistan ( Hoberlandt 1984), Central and Mediterranean Europe, Near East, Caucasus and Central Asia, known in Egypt and Madeira.

Host plants. On Boraginaceae ( Dusoulier & Lupoli 2006) .