Dolicharthria stigmosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)

Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5248 (1), pp. 1-70 : 39

Dolicharthria stigmosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)

( Figs 18F , 19C )

Material examined. 1 Ô 2 ♀♀: East Âzarbâijân Prov .: 1 ♀, Kâghazkonân protected area, Sarcham- Ardebil Rd., 1.7 km after Gharâb-e Olyâ , N 37°25 ΄13″, E 48°8 ΄1″, 1760 m, 16.vi.2020, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg.; Gilân Prov.: 1 Ô 1 ♀, Lowshân, Bivarzin , 900 m, 27.–28.v.1997, Badii, V. Nazari, Sarafrâzi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2699, HMIM) .

Distribution. Southern part of Central Europe, SE Europe; Turkey, Lebanon, Armenia, Georgia, Central Asia ( Slamka 2013).

Remarks. All examined specimens have brown ground colour with well-developed internal discoidal spots in both fore- and hindwings. In the genitalia of examined female ( Fig. 19C ), length of the antrum is 0.6 of the length of ductus bursae, and apparently longer than the image illustrated by Slamka (2013: 251). This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A, B) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker), male (A) and female (B), Hormozgan, Parsian- Asaluyeh Rd. C) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius), male. D) Duponchelia caidalis Obertḩr, male. E) D. fovealis Zeller, male. F) Dolicharthria stigmosalis (Herrich-Schäffer), female (scale bar = 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 19. Female genitalia of A) Udea accolalis (Zeller) (genitalia slide HA-2475, HMIM). B) Duponchelia caidalis Obertḩr (genitalia slide HA-2680, HMIM). C) Dolicharthria stigmosalis (Herrich-Schäffer) (genitalia slide HA-2699, HMIM). D) Metasia subtilialis Caradja (genitalia slide HA-2677, HMIM).