Dyspessa salicicola ( Eversmann, 1848 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 23

Dyspessa salicicola ( Eversmann, 1848)

Cossus salicicola Eversmann, 1848 , Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21: 211.

LT: Saratovischen Gournevement, in der Gegend von Wolsk [ Russia, Saratov Reg., Volsk ]. Type material (holotype) in ZISP.

Synonymy:

= Dyspessa salicicola f. lutescens Silbernagel, 1944, Z. Wien. Ent. Ges. 29: 187.

LT: Ochrid (Ochrid lake) [ Macedonia]. Type material (holotype) in MWM .

Distribution. Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albanien, Greece, Ukraine, SW Russia, Transcaucasia, Turkey, China (Xinjang), Kazakhstan ( Spuler 1910; Didmanidze 1978; de Freina 1983, 1996; de Freina & Witt 1990; Gevorkian 1986; Yakovlev 2004d , 2005; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2007 ; Yakovlev 2009c ).

Host plants. Salix fragilis L. ( Salicaceae ).

Remarks. This species is represented by two subspecies: Dyspessa salicicola salicicola ( Eversmann, 1848) and D. salicicola aschabadensis Daniel, 1953 . The latter one is known from Iran ( Christoph 1876) and is distributed in the northern parts of the country. Among the examined material there were two specimens collected in the south and south-western parts of Iran, with a few differences in the wing pattern and length of the pecten processes of the antennae from D. salicicola aschabadensis . These differences are as follows: the oval dark brown spots at the middle part of the forewing are indistinct and partly faded both at upper- and undersides. Only some traces of them are remained which are mainly visible at the upperside ( Figs. 7A, B ). Moreover, length of the pecten process is almost 3.5 times longer than the antennal segment diameter ( Figs. 7C, E ) comparing being two times longer in D. salicicola aschabadensis ( Figs. 7D, F ).

Here we consider these differences as intrasubspecific variations pending conducting a molecular study.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Dyspessa salicicola aschabadensis Daniel (A‒F). A, B) Adult male, upperside (scale bar= 10 mm). C, D, E, F) Head in frontal (C, D) and lateral (E, F) views.