Dyspessa alpherakyi, Christoph, 1885

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Dyspessa alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff, 1885)

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Endagria alpherakyi Christoph in Romanoff, 1885, Mém. Lép. 2: 202.

LT: Ordoubad [Azerbaidzhan]. Type material (syntypes) in ZISP .

Material examined. HMIM: West Âzarbâijân Prov. : 1 ♂, Bâzargân, 1450 m, 5.vi.1975, leg. Abâi.

Distribution. Georgia, Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan), Armenia ( Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Didmanidze 1976b, 1978; Didmanidze & Zurashvili 1981; Gevorkian 1986; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2007 ).

Distribution in Iran. NW Iran ( Fig. 24D ).

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

Figures

FIGURE 5. A) Meharia tancredii Sutton, male (holotype). B) Dyspessa albosignata Rothschild, male. C) D. alipanahae Yakovlev, female (paratype). D) D. alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff), male. E) D. ariadne Yakovlev, male (holotype). F) D. artemis Yakovlev, male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 24. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Meharia tancredii Sutton. B) Dyspessa albosignata Rothschild. C) Dyspessa alipanahae Yakovlev. D) Dyspessa alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff). E) Dyspessa ariadne Yakovlev. F) Dyspessa artemis Yakovlev.