Phalonidia contractana (Zeller, 1847)

Cochylis contractana Zeller, 1847, Isis von Oken (Leipzig) 1847 (10): 744. TL: Italy.

Material examined. 1♀, Torogh, Mashhad (Khorāsān-e Razavi Prov.), 18.viii.1971, Shāhrokhi leg., 23 1♀, Torogh (Khorāsān-e Razavi Prov.), 1, 18.ix.1971, Kalāli leg., 13, Mashhad, Ābkuh (Khorāsān-e Razavi Prov.), 18.vii.1972, Zāre leg.; 13, Golestān National Park, Tang-e Gol (Golestān Prov.), 630 m, 4.- 5.ix.1987, Pāzuki leg.; 13 1♀, Evin (Tehrān Prov.), 11.vii.1974 (L.T.), 23, 15.vi., 01.vii.1971 (L.T.), 23, Damāvand, Ābsard (Tehrān Prov.), 1900 m, 3.- 7.vii.1978, Sabzevāri, Pāzuki leg., 13, Firuzkuh, Jābān, Sorkhdasht (Tehrān Prov.), 1.iv.1998, Ālipanāh leg.; 13, Marivān, Kānisānān (Kordestān Prov.), 1320 m, 9.viii.2004, Ghayurfar, Nematiān leg.; 1♀, Fasā, Yāseriyeh (Fārs Prov.) (in Citrus garden), 1170 m, 2.x.2007, Koohnavard leg.; 13 1♀, Marāgheh (East Āzarbāijān Prov.), 27.viii., 15.ix.1991, Hāshemi leg.; 5♀ 83, Ardebil- Khalkhāl Rd., 10 km E Ardebil, Ardebil Res. St. (Ardebil Prov.), N 38˚10ˏ14.6˝, E 048˚23ˏ27.9˝, 1320 m, 14.ix.2008, Ālipanāh, Buszko leg., 1♀, Meshkinshahr Rd., Sabalān Mt (Ardebil Prov.), N 38˚27ˏ10.7˝, E 47˚50ˏ38.8˝, 1680 m, 15.ix.2008, Ālipanāh, Buszko leg.; 2♀, Rasht, Rice Res. St. (Gilān Prov.), N 37˚12ˏ22.2˝, E 049˚38ˏ40.7˝, 80 m, 11.ix.2008, Ālipanāh, Buszko leg.

Distribution. Iberian Peninsula to Greece and the Ural Mts; found in Asia Minor; Palestine, Afghanistan and Kashmir (Razowski 2002), Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, W Ukraine, S Europe (Razowski 1970b). Karisch (1992) reported it from Iran: Gorgan (Astarabad), 30 km S Shah-Pasand.