Mormogystia reibellii ( Oberthür, 1876 )

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Mormogystia reibellii ( Oberthür, 1876)

( Fig. 15C )

Hypopta reibellii Oberthür, 1876 , Et. Lépid. Comp. 1: 40.

LT: Biskra [ Algeria]. Type material (syntypes) in MNHN .

Synonymy:

= Hypopta mussolinii Turati, 1927 , Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 66 (3‒4): 322.

LT: Giarabub [NE Libya]. Type material (holotype) is lost.

= Hypopta cognate Krüger, 1939 , Ann. Mus. Libico St. Nat. 1: 331.

LT: Beni Ulid [ Libya]. Type material (holotype) in MLT .

Material examined. HMIM: Hormozgân Prov.: 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, 24.iv.1977, leg. Mortazavihâ.

NMW: 1 ♂, S Iran, 8 km östl. (= E) Bandar-Abbas , 11.iv.1972 .

Distribution. Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Mauritania, Niger, Chad ( Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Rothschild 1917; Wiltshire 1949b, 1980, 1990; Herbulot & Viette 1952; Speidel & Hassler 1989; de Freina & Witt 1990; Legrain & Wiltshire 1998; Hacker 1999; Hacker et al. 1999; Salem et al. 1999; Hacker et al. 2001; Borth et al. 2011; Yakovlev 2006b, 2011a).

Distribution in Iran. S Iran ( Fig. 33A ).

Habitat. Deserts.

Host plants. Acacia Martius (1829) (Fabaceae) ( Hampson 1896).

Remarks. Both the genus and species are newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 15. A) Holcocerus zarudnyi Grum-Grshimailo, male (paratype). B) Kotchevnik tapinus (Püngeler), male. C) Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür), male. D) Paracossulus thrips (Hübner), male. E) Vartiania senganensis (Daniel), male. F) V. zaratustra Yakovlev, male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 33. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür). B) Paracossulus thrips (Hübner). C) Vartiania senganensis (Daniel). D) Vartiania zaratustra Yakovlev. E) Eremocossus vaulogeri blanca (Daniel). F) Eremocossus erebuni (Yakovlev).