Metapion gaudiale (Faust, 1885)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran (Legalov et al. 2010), Razavi Khorasan (Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), West Azarbaijan (Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion (Thymapion) subfarinosum Desbrochers des Loges, 1897).

General distribution. Afghanistan, “Caucasus”, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Plant associations in Iran. Fraxinus excelsior L. ( Oleaceae) (Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), surely an occasional.