Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1833)

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 : 52-55

Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1833)

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Material examined. 18 ÔÔ 20 ♀♀: Gilân Prov. : 1 ♀, Asâlem, Âbish Gharah , 1070 m, 17.viii.1980, Pâzuki, Borumand leg. , 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Asâlem, Parehsar , 750 m, 13.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Ilkhâni leg. , 2 ♀♀, Bandar Anzali, 30 km S Asâlem, Punel , 250 m, 12.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Ilkhâni leg. , 1 ♀, 15 km Tâlesh , 31.viii.1975, Mirzâyâns leg. , 1 Ô 1 ♀, Tâlesh, Rig , N 37°49 ΄39.1″, E 48°53 ΄53.7″, 75 m, 26.viii.2014, Afsariân leg. ; Golestân Prov.: 1 Ô 1 ♀, Gorgân, Golestân National Park, Mazârli , 530 m, 19.–20.vi.1977, Pâzuki, Abâi leg. ; Mâzandarân Prov.: 3 ÔÔ 2 ♀♀, Âmol , 250 m, 28.x.1970, Mirzâyâns, Ebert leg. , 2 ÔÔ, Âmol, Chamestân, after Jurband vill., N 36°41 ΄37.2″, E 50°50 ΄20.6″, 441 m, 28.vii.2007, Âlipanâh, Nematiân leg. , 1 Ô 1 ♀, Âmol, Chamestân, Vâz vill., N 36° 21 ΄49.6″, E 52°06 ΄03.1″, 557 m, 28.vi.2007, Âlipanâh, Nematiân leg. , 1 Ô, 30 km Âmol, Saghalchi , 500 m, 23.x.1974, Borumand, Pâzuki leg. , 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Behshahr, Duk forest , 840 m, 23.vi.1977, Pâzuki, Mortazavihâ leg. , 1 Ô, 15 km Châlus , 220 m, 2.ix.1975, Mirzâyâns leg. , 1 Ô 1 ♀, Nowshahr, Neyrang , 0 m, 10.x.1995, Rezvâni, Badii, Ebrâhimi leg. , 1 Ô, Râmsar , 6 km Javâherdeh, N 36°54 ΄29.3″, E 50°35 ΄13.2″, 554 m, 23.vii.2007, Âlipanâh, Zahiri leg. , 1 ♀, Tonekâbon , 7.viii.1971, Ghâzioff leg. , 2 ÔÔ, Tonekâbon , 3 km W Shirud, 26.ix.1981, Pâzuki leg. , 1 Ô, Tonekâbon , 30.ix.1987, Pâzuki leg. , 5 ♀♀, Tonekâbon Lab , 10.–11.viii.1980, Pâzuki, Borumand leg. , 1 Ô, Tonekâbon, Dohezâr , N 36°38 ΄27.5″, E 50°43 ΄11.5″, 606 m, 5.x.2007, Âlipanâh, Buszko, Zahiri leg.

Distribution. SE Europe including Atlantic Islands, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, S Switzerland, Estonia; Turkey; E Africa; Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong ( Slamka 2013); Iran: Gilan (Taher Gourab), and Golestan (Golestan National Park: Ghaleh-e Palangan, Tang-e Gol) Provinces ( Amsel 1959; Wieser et al. 2002).

Remarks. This species was discovered by Farahpour-Haghani et al. (2016) as a potential biocontrol agent of water fern, Azolla filiculoides Lam. (Azollaceae) in rice fields of Rasht, Gilan province, Iran. They revealed that adults of D. ramburialis begin their activity in July, but their most activity in rice fields starts from September to late October ( Farahpour-Haghani et al. 2016).

Genus Mecyna Doubleday, 1849

Figures

FIGURE 24. A) Arnia nervosalis Guenée, female, Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas- Sirjan Rd. B) Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel), male. C) Mecyna flavalis (Denis & Schifferm̧ller), female. D) M. lutealis (Duponchel), male. E, F) M. trinalis (Denis & Schifferm̧ller), female, East Azarbaijan, Kaghazkonan (E) and male, Razavi Khorasan, Aladagh (F), (scale bar = 10.0 mm).