Codophila varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Cimex varius Fabricius, 1787: 284; Cimex lunula Fabricius, 1794: 94; Cimex eryngii Germar, 1814: 21; Carpocoris bilunulata Kolenati, 1846: 51; Carpocoris bilunulata var. persica Kolenati, 1846: 51; Carpocoris bilunulata var. nubica Kolenati, 1846: 51; Pentatoma laborans A. Costa, 1847: 21; Pentatoma distinguenda A. Costa, 1847: 21; Codophila varia var. mancinii Tamanini, 1961: 600; Codophila varia longicornis Fuente, 1970: 106 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Lindberg 1938; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997), Ardabil (Modarres Awal 1987 as Carpocoris lunula Fabricius; Linnavuori 2008; Ghahari et al. 2010a), East Azarbaijan (Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b as Carpocoris lunula), Fars (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan (Hoberlandt 1997; Ribes et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Guilan, Semnan, Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008), Kerman (Linnavuori 2012), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 1993, 1996a, 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan (Brown 1966), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran (Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin (Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1966; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan (Hoberlandt 1997; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Oshanin 1906), Iran (no locality cited) (Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Europe (except Great Britain, Scandinavia), North Africa, Near East, Central Asia.

Host plants. On lucerne, sesame, other legumes and Elaeagnaceae family plants (Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Verbascum sp. ( Scrophulariaceae), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996a), Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae) (Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), cornel, tamarisk (Modarres Awal 1997b), Rosa damascene ( Rosaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Daucus sp. ( Apiaceae), Cichorium sp., Cirsium sp. (both Asteraceae), Sinapis sp. ( Brassicaceae) (Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Acroptilon repens, Taraxacum sp. ( Asteraceae), Atriplex sp. ( Chenopodiaceae), Berberis vulgaris ( Berberidaceae), Hordeum vulgare ( Poaceae), Marrubium sp. ( Lamiaceae), Raphanus sp. ( Brassicaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), herbaceous plants such as Asteraceae and Apiaceae (Linnavuori 2012) and cereals (Modarres Awal 1997b); caught on several Lamiaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Chenopodiaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .