Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph, 1887)

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Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph, 1887)

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Holcocerus inspersus Christoph, 1887b , Stett. Ent. Ztg. 48: 163.

LT: Ashkhabad [ Turkmenistan]. Type material (lectotype) in ZISP .

Material examined. HMIM: Razavi Khorâsân Prov.: 1 ♀, Neyshâbur, Zabarkhân Hesâr , 1400 m, 12.vi.1977, leg. Pâzuki, Abâi.

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, SW China (Xinjang), SW Mongolia (Christoph 1888b; 1889; 1893; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Dalla Torre 1923; Daniel 1965b; Daniel 1969a; Krivokhatskii 1985; Falkovich 1986; Yakovlev 2004b , 2006a).

Distribution in Iran. Razavi Khorasan Province ( Fig. 28C ).

Habitat. Deserts.

Host plants. Haloxylon Bunge ex E. Fenzl (Amaranthaceae) (Falkovich 1986).

Remarks. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A) Isoceras huberi Eitschberger & Ströhle, male. B) I. saxicola (Christoph), male. C) I. teheranica Daniel, male. D) Stygioides colchica colchica (Herrich-Schäffer), female. E) Semagystia agilis (Christoph) female. F) Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph) female (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 28. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Stygiodes colchica colchica (Herrich-Schäffer). B) Semagystia agilis (Christoph). C) Barchaniella inspersa (Christoph). D) Barchaniella mus (Grum-Grshimailo). E) Barchaniella sacara (Grum- Grshimailo). F) Cossulus argentatus Staudinger.