Masalia perstriata fuscostriata (Brandt, 1941)

Matov, Alexej, Zahiri, Reza & Holloway, Jeremy D., 2008, The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1763, pp. 1-37 : 27-31

Masalia perstriata fuscostriata (Brandt, 1941)

Pl. 3, fig. 19; male genitalia Pl. 7, fig. 36.

Timora fuscostriata Brandt, 1941 , Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 31: 854, fig. 43 (TL.: Iran: Tahte Malek). References: Ebert & Hacker 2002 ( Masalia perstriata fuscostriata ).

Bionomics: Univoltine. Moths flying from February to April. The species inhabits deserts and semideserts on low elevations (550-850 m). Larval host-plants are unknown.

Distribution: Irano-Sindian. Pakistan, India. – In Iran (Pl. 12, fig. 67) occurs in provinces Hormozgan and Sistan va Baluchestan.

PLATE 12. Figures 65–71. 65, Distribution of Masalia albida in Iran; 66, Distribution of M. philbyi in Iran; 67, Distribution of M. perstriata fuscostriata in Iran; 68, Provinces of Iran (1, West Azerbaijan; 2, East Azerbaijan; 3, Ardebil; 4, Guilan; 5, Mazandaran; 6, Golestan; 7, Khorasan [Khorasan has recently divided by 3 provinces: 7(1): North Knorassan; 7(2): Razavi Khorasan; 7(3): South Khorasan]; 8, Semnan; 9, Tehran; 10, Qazvin; 11, Zanjan; 12, Kordestan; 13, Kermanshah; 14, Hamedan; 15, Markazi; 16, Qom; 17, Esfehan; 18, Yazd; 19, Lorestan; 20, Ilam; 21, Khuzestan; 22, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari; 23, Kohkiluye va Boyer-Ahmad; 24, Fars; 25, Bushehr; 26, Kerman; 27, Hormozgan; 28, Sistan va Balouchestan); 69, Climatic zones of Iran; 70, Geographical regions of Iran (1, borders of regions; 2, borders of districts), 1, North Iranian mountain region (1a, North-Western Iran; 1b, South Caspian mountains; 1c, Turkmen-Khorasan mountains); 2, Caspian wet forest region; 3, South-West Iranian mountain region (3a, Poshte-Kuh or Kabir-Kuh mountains; 3b, Zagros mountains; 3c, Karun Plain); 4, Central Iranian mountain region (4a, Ghohrud mountains; 4b, Kuhbenan mountains; 4c, Gavkhan hollow); 5, South Iranian mountain region (5a, mountains of Fars; 5b, Kuh-e-Furgun mountains; 5c, eastern part of the South Iranian mountains); 6, East Iranian mountain region (6a, Dzham mountains; 6b, Kayen mountains; 6c, Pelengan mountains; 6d, Serhed tableland); 7, high plains of the Iranian highland (7a, Dasht-e- Kavir desert; 7b, Dasht-e-Lut desert; 7c, Sistan hollow, 7d, Namakzar hollow); 71, Division of the Iranian territory into studied sites, abbreviations as in Table 1.

TABLE 1. The two-way table of presence-absence data for Heliothinae species and areas in Iran. Geographical territories are abbreviated as: NNW—north part of the North-West Iran, the Araxes River basin, Talysh Mountains and Arasbaran Forest; NW—North-West Iran, excluding the Araxes River basin, NW of Zagros Mountains including West Azerbaijan, Kordestan and North of Kermanshah; C—the Caspian wet forest region; G – Golestan Forest; E—southern macroslope of the Alburs (=Elburs) Mountains including North of Tehran and Qazvin; NE—the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountains including Binalud and Kopet Dagh Mountains; TS—the Torkman-Sahra Transcaspian plain and other plains

North-East Iran; Z—South-West Iran Mountain region, mainly Zagros Mountains including S Kermanshah, Lorestan, North of Khuzestan, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari, Kohkiluye

Boyer-Ahmad, Ilam, Eat of Esfahan, Markazi, Hamedan, excluding the part in Fars; ZF—Zagros Mts. in Fars; NZK—North Iran provinces Zanjan and Qazvin; NTQ— North Iranian high plains, mainly Dasht-e-Kavir within the provinces of Tehran, Qom, Semnan, North of Esfahan; Gh—the Central Iranian mountains, mainly Ghohrud Mountains; SKh—the mountains of Southern Khorasan; NB—the mountains of Northern Baluchestan; Hmt – the mountains of Hormozgan including Genu Mountains; Bmt – the mountains of Southern Baluchestan; KzB – the plains of South Khuzestan and the coast of Bushehr; Oc – the coast of the Strait of Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea; I – the islands of the Strait of Persian Gulf.

Material examined: Unknown place: Keine Angaben zum Fundort, Quli Kush, leg. Brandt (paratype, SMNK). Hormozgan: Geno M., Issin, 300 m, 11.III.1991, leg. Mirzayans & Badii ( HMIM); Straße nach Sirjan, km 107, Bandar-e-Abbas, 850 m, 07.III.1973, leg. Ebert ( SMNK); Kuh-e-Geno, 550-650 m, 01- 05.III.1973, leg. Ebert ( SMNK); Bander-Abbas, 40 km nördl, 04.IV.1974, leg. Vartian ( NHMW); Bander- Abbas, 40 km nördl, 31.III.1972, leg. Exped. Mus. Vind. ( NHMW); Bander-Abbas, 75 km nördl., 03.IV.1974, leg. Vartian ( NHMW). Sistan va Balouchestan: Bandar-e-Chabahar, 15.II.1938, leg. Brandt (paratype, NHMW); Bandar-e-Chabahar, 15.II.1938, leg. Brandt ( NHMW).