Trichiura sapor Wiltshire, 1946

Zolotuhin, Vadim V. & Zahiri, Reza, 2008, The Lasiocampidae of Iran (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1791, pp. 1-52 : 10-12

Trichiura sapor Wiltshire, 1946

Fig. 1, male; Fig. 2, female.

Trichiura sapor Wiltshire, 1946 , Ent. Record 58: 27. TL: SW Iran, Fars, Shapur, 3000 ft. Holotype: female (BMNH) [examined].

References: Wiltshire 1946: 27.

Distribution (Map 9): Turkey (provinces Malatya, Siirt, Diyarbakir). - In Iran: East Azerbaijan, Guilan, Fars, Kohkiluye va Boyerahmad and Bushehr provinces.

Bionomics. All specimens were collected at light from sea level to 2600 m from October to December. Univoltine; supposedly eggs hibernate. Female holotype hatched 11.XI.1941 from a larva found on Amygdalus spartioides .

Material Examined: 1 female; SW Iran, Fars, Shapur, 3000 ft, 11.XI.1941 ex l., E.P.Wiltshire; coll. BMNH; 1 male; SW Iran, Fars, Sarvistan, ca 6000 ft., E.P.Wiltshire ( BMNH); 1 female, Iran, ca 50 miles S Shiraz, Hunaifagan, ca 5500 ft, E.P.Wiltshire ( BMNH); 2 males, Iran, Prov. Boyerahmad-va-Kohgiluyeh, SE Zagros, 35 km SE of Yasuj, 2600 m, 7–8.X 2002, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Carai (MWM); 1 male, Iran, prov. Fars, S Zagros, 5 km NE of Saidatshahr, 26–27.X 2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Carai (MWM); 1 male, Iran, prov. Azerbayejan, E Spargi, 7 km NW of Miyane, 30–31.X 2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Carai (MWM); 1 male, Iran, Prov. Azerbaigan, vicinità of Miyane, 1500 m, 23.X 2000, leg. B. Benedek & Gy. Fabian (MWM); 1 male, Iran, Prov. Gilan, 15 km SW of Rast, Disku, 200 m, 17–18.XI 2000, leg. B. Benedek & Gy. Fabian (MWM). ( HMIM): Bushehr: Khormoj, 170 m, 30.XI.1996, leg. Ebrahimi, Badii & Parchami; Khalij-e-Nayband, Kangan, 0 m, leg. 09.XII.1996, leg. Ebrahimi, Parchami & Badii; Tang-e-Faryab, Borazjan, 650 m, 30.XI.1996, leg. Badii, Ebrahimi & Parchami.

MAP 9. Trichiura sapor Wiltshire, 1946 .