Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)

Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5248 (1), pp. 1-70 : 23

Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)

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Material examined. 7 ÔÔ 9 ♀♀: Gilân Prov.: 1 ♀, Tâlesh, Pilemberâ, Visâdâr fall, N 37°35 ΄24.6″, E 48°58 ΄19.7″, 1621 m, 16.viii.2014, Afsariân leg., 7 ÔÔ 8 ♀♀, Rasht, 24.ix.2013, Hosseini Tâbesh leg. (gen. prep. HA-1887, HA-1888, HMIM) .

Distribution. Afrotropical (Africa, Sub-Saharan, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Réunion Island), Australasia ( Papua New Guinea, Australia, Samoa), Eastern Palaearctic ( Japan, Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, Pakistan), Oriental ( Nepal, Java, India, Burma, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Guam, Singapore, Solomon Island, Andaman Island, Nicobar Island, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Pakistan), Iran ( Leraut 2005; Yamanaka 2008; Robinson et al. 2010; Hosseini Tabesh et al. 2015).

Remarks. Several host plants of 10 different families are known for H. derogata of which the most important ones belong to the family Malvaceae ( Robinson et al. 2010) . In 2013, the larvae of this species in high numbers were collected in Iran, Rasht region, while feeding on the leaves of two Hibiscus species namely, H. syriacus L. and H. mutabilis L. ( Hosseini Tabesh et al. 2015).

Genus Patania Moore, 1888

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FIGURE 2. A) Udea bipunctalis (Herrich-Schäffer), female. B) U. olivalis (Denis & Schifferm̧ller), male. C) Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, female. D) Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli), male. E) Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius), male. F) Patania ruralis (Scopoli), male (scale bar = 10.0 mm).