Masalia albida (Hampson, 1905)

Matov, Alexej, Zahiri, Reza & Holloway, Jeremy D., 2008, The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1763, pp. 1-37 : 23-27

Masalia albida (Hampson, 1905)

Pl. 3, fig. 17; male genitalia Pl. 7, fig. 35.

Timora albida Hampson, 1905 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7), 15: 450 (TL.: Algeria: Hammam-es-Salahin). Synonymy: Lecerfia chitinipyga Dumont, 1920 .

References: Hacker 2001 ( Masalia albida ).

Bionomics: Univoltine. Moths flying from April to May. The species inhabits deserts and semideserts on medium elevations (700-1650 m). Larval host-plants are unknown.

Distribution: Saharo-Sindian. North and East Africa, Cyprus, Near East. – In Iran (Pl. 12, fig. 65) occurs in provinces Esfahan, Kerman and Hormozgan.

PLATE 10. Figures 49–56. Distributional maps; 49, Heliothis viriplaca ; 50, H. maritima ; 51, H. nubigera ; 52, H. peltigera ; 53, H. incarnata, Baluchestan ; 54, Helicoverpa armigera ; 55, Schinia scutosa ; 56, Periphanes delphinii .

PLATE 11. Figures 57–64. Distributional maps; 57, Periphanes treitschkei ; 58, P. victorina ; 59, Pyrrhia umbra ; 60, Aedophron phlebophora ; 61, A. venosa ; 62, A. rhodites ; 63, A. sumorita ; 64, Heliocheilus confertissima .

Material examined: Esfahan: Kashan, 25.V.1973, leg. Vartian ( NHMW). Kerman: Rameshk Baru, 6 km E, Kahnuj, Jiroft, 700 m, 14.III.1978, leg. Pazuki ( HMIM); Kerman, 100 km NW, 1650 m, 09.V.1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian ( NHMW). Hormozgan: Bander-Abbas, 10 km nordöstl, 02.IV.1974, leg. Vartian ( NHMW). Zahedan, 15.V.1955, at light, leg. Shteinberg ( ZISP).