Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür, 1876)

(Fig. 15C)

Hypopta reibellii Oberthür, 1876, Et. Lépid. Comp. 1: 40.

LT: Biskra [Algeria]. Type material (syntypes) in MNHN .

Synonymy:

= Hypopta mussolinii Turati, 1927, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 66 (3‒4): 322.

LT: Giarabub [NE Libya]. Type material (holotype) is lost.

= Hypopta cognate Krüger, 1939, Ann. Mus. Libico St. Nat. 1: 331.

LT: Beni Ulid [Libya]. Type material (holotype) in MLT .

Material examined. HMIM: Hormozgân Prov.: 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, 24.iv.1977, leg. Mortazavihâ.

NMW: 1 ♂, S Iran, 8 km östl. (= E) Bandar-Abbas, 11.iv.1972 .

Distribution. Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Mauritania, Niger, Chad (Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Rothschild 1917; Wiltshire 1949b, 1980, 1990; Herbulot & Viette 1952; Speidel & Hassler 1989; de Freina & Witt 1990; Legrain & Wiltshire 1998; Hacker 1999; Hacker et al. 1999; Salem et al. 1999; Hacker et al. 2001; Borth et al. 2011; Yakovlev 2006b, 2011a).

Distribution in Iran. S Iran (Fig. 33A).

Habitat. Deserts.

Host plants. Acacia Martius (1829) (Fabaceae) (Hampson 1896).

Remarks. Both the genus and species are newly reported for the fauna of Iran.