Stygioides colchica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Stygia colchica Herrich-Schäffer, 1851, Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6: 39.

LT: Amasia [Turkey]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB, probably lost .

Synonymy:

= Stygia amasina Herrich-Schäffer, 1851, Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6: 39.

LT: Amasia [Turkey]. Type material is probably lost.

= Typhonia stygiella Bruand, 1853, Mém. Soc. Émul. Doubs 2 (3): 27.

LT: Turquie [= Turkey]. Type material is probably lost .

= Stygia tricolor Lederer, 1858, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. 2 (5): 143.

LT: Damask [Syria]. Type material (holotype) in MHUB, probably lost .

Distribution. Graecia (Pelopones peninsula), SW Russia, Ukraine (Crymea, Zaporozhskaya Reg.) Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Armenia, ( Erschoff & Fild 1870; Staudinger 1871b, 1879a; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Turati 1916; Daniel 1939; de Freina 1996; de Freina & Witt 1990; Bertaccini et al. 1997; Saldaitis et al. 2007), Iran (Lingenhöle et al. 2017).

Host plants. Echium L., Cynoglossum L. ( Boraginaceae) (Korb 1910).

Remarks. This species currently includes two subspecies, Stygioides colchica colchica and S. colchica dercetis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1900), of which the former is known from Iran (Elburz Mt., Karaj) and Turkey (Amasia), and the latter is distributed in Lebanon, Graecia (Pelopones Peninsula), SW Russia, Crymea, Ukraine (Zaporozhskaya Reg.) Turkey, Syria, Israel and Armenia (Lingenhöle et al. 2017).