Phragmataecia castaneae ( Hübner, 1790 )

Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, Zootaxa 5062 (1), pp. 1-100 : 71-72

Phragmataecia castaneae ( Hübner, 1790)

( Fig. 21D )

Phalaena castaneae Hübner, 1790 , Beitr. Ges. Schmett. 2: 9.

LT: Europe. Type material is lost.

Synonymy:

= Phalena (Bombyx) arundinis Hübner , [1802–1808], Samml. Eur. Schmett.: 151.

LT: Europe. Type material is lost.

= Phragmatoecia cinerea Teich, 1884 , Stett. Ent. Ztg. 44: 212.

LT: Schifmoor bei Kemmern [ Germany]. Type material (syntypes) are lost .

= Phragmataecia castaneae ab. (mut?) nov. melaina Daniel, 1929, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 19: 82.

LT: Hung. c. Tatárszentryörgy [ Hungary]. Type material (syntypes) in MWM .

= Phragmatoecia castanea sicca Dannehl, 1929 , Ent. Zschr. 43 (12): 148.

LT: Terlan, Lana, Sigmundskron, Ala, Caldonazzo [N. Italy]. Type material is probably lost.

= Phragmataecia castaneae f. fusca Lempke, 1961, Tijdschr. Entomol. 104: 179.

LT: Woerdense Verlaat [ The Netherlands]. Type material (holotype) in coll. van Aartsen.

= Phragmataecia castaneae leonadae Gómez-Bustillo, 1977 , SHILAP–Rev. Lepidop. 5 (17): 96.

LT: Torre la Sal , T.M. de Cabanes, Castellón [ Spain]. Type material (holotype) in coll. National de SHILAP .

Material examined. HMIM: Ardebil Prov.: 1 ♀, Moghân , 27.vi.1967, leg. Damanâbi , 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Moghân, Doost Kandy, N 39˚41΄07.4˝, E 47˚57΄58.6˝, 34 m, 18.viii.2014, leg. Afsariân, 1 ♀, Moghân, Oltân, Aras river , N 39˚36΄17.6˝, E 47˚45΄00.3˝, 138 m, 17.viii.2014, leg. Afsariân , 3 ♀♀, Moghân, Pârs Âbâd, Aras river , N 37˚35΄41.0˝, E 48˚37΄45.3˝, 65 m, 19.vi.2007, leg. Zahiri, Mozaffariân ; Fârs Prov.: 1 ♂, Farâshband, Châh Torkaman , 1200 m, 10.iv.1975, leg. Borumand (gen. prep. No. HA-825, HMIM) , 1 ♂, Kâzerun, Parishân Lake , 900 m, 5.vi.1990, leg. Ebrâhimi, Badii ; Ilam Prov.: 1 ♂, Mehrân ,?. iv.1947, leg. Farahbakhsh ; Khuzestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Âbâdân, Kuteshâ Hnuf , 5 m, 11.v.1995, leg. Hâshemi, Sarafrâzi , 1 ♂, Minu Isl. , 14.iv.2002, leg. Ghayurfar ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Shushtar, Kârun Agro. Indust. , 50 m, 24.iv.1995, leg. Parchami-Arâghi, Ardeh, Badii , 1 ♂, Haft Tappeh, 70 m, 26.iv.1976, leg. Pâzuki, Abâi, 1 ♂, Sarrâkhiyeh, Tâlâb-e Shâdegân, N 30˚41.0΄1.6˝, E 48˚3.2΄23.1˝, 6 m, 12.v.2016, leg. Afsariân, Mozhdehi.

Distribution. Central and Southern Europe, S England, Middle East, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, W China (Xinjang), SW Siberia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco ( Staudinger 1871a; Christoph 1888b; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Spuler 1910; Anders & Seitz, 1923; Schwingenschuss 1938; Wiltshire 1944, 1949b, 1957; Chneour 1955; Barou 1967; Rungs 1979; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2007 ; Saldaitis et al. 2007; Yakovlev 2010 ).

Distribution in Iran. According to the present study this species is distributed in Ardebil, Fars, Ilam and Khuzestan Provinces ( Fig. 35B ). However, Wieser et al. (2001) have reported it from Golestan Province (Golestan National Park: Ghale Palangan, Sasan, Mianghaleh).

Host plants. Ph. australis (Cav.) Steud. (Poaceae) , Typha latipholia L. ( Typhaceae ) ( Wiltshire 1944; Hrubý 1964; Gómez-Bustillo & Fernándes-Rubio 1976; Skinner 1985; Speidel 1994; Piskunov et al. 2000; Wilson 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 21. A) Phragmacossia ariana (Grum-Grshimailo), male. B) Ph. territa (Staudinger), male. F) Phragmataecia albida Erschoff, male. D) Phragmataecia castaneae (Hübner), male. E) Phragmataecia turkmenbashi Yakovlev, male. F) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus), male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 35. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Phragmataecia albida Erschoff. B) Phragmataecia castanea (Hübner). C) Phragmataecia turkmenbashi Yakovlev. E) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus). D) Dieida ledereri (Staudinger).