Evergestis shirazalis ( Amsel, 1953 )

Alipanah, Helen, Khodadad, Masoumeh, Rajaei, Hossein & Haseli, Mohammad, 2018, Taxonomic study of the genus Evergestis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4420 (1), pp. 1-33 : 31

Evergestis shirazalis ( Amsel, 1953)

Material examined. HMIM: Iran, Khorāsān-e Shomali Prov.: 1 ♂, Khosrawiyeh, Ālādāgh, 1600 m, 16.vi.1974, Rajabi, Pāzuki leg. ; Semnān Prov.: one specimen without abdomen, Shāhrud, Kālpush, 1300 m, 25.–26.viii.1982, Hāshemi leg. ; SMNK: Paratype, ♂, S.-W. Iran, Shiraz hills, 10.v.1950, c 6000 ft, E. P . Wiltshire, leg. H. Amsel (ex coll. H. G. Amsel) (GS: 1896/2015, H. Rajaei ), Paratype, ♀, Iran , Fars, Umgeb. v. Chiraz , 1600 m, 25.iv.1937, leg. Brandt (ex coll. H. G. Amsel) (GS: HA-2035).

Distribution. Iran: Fars (Komehr, Shiraz) ( Amsel 1953, 1961).

Remarks. This species was firstly described as a subspecies of E. caesialis by Amsel (1953), but later raised to the species level ( Kuznetsov 1958). In the only male deposited at the HMIM some traces of cornuti were observed, while in the examined paratype, cornuti were entirely visible, although being very small ( Figs 7B, H ).

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FIGURE 7. Male genitalia. A, D, G) Evergestis comealis stat. n. B, E, H) E. shirazalis, Paratype. C, F, I) E. infirmalis. A, B, C: main body and phallus. D, E, F: posterior end including uncus and gnathos in lateral (D, F) and ventral (E) views. G, H, I: distal end of phallus.