A survey of Erebidae, Nolidae and Euteliidae (Lepidoptera) in Southern and Northeastern of Iran.

Authors

  • Mehdi Esfandiari Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz
  • Mohammad Mahdi Rabieh Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand
  • Alexy Matov Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ZISP), Universitetskaya nab., 1; 199034, St. Petersburg
  • Mohammad Saeed Mossadegh Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz

Keywords:

fauna, Noctuoidea, new record, Drasteria, distribution

Abstract

Noctuoidea are the largest superfamily of Lepidoptera which have not yet fully investigated in Iran. In order to inventories such important group, faunistic studies on the families Erebidae, Nolidae and Euteliidae were made by light traps mainly in the three Iranian provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and Khorasan-e-Razavi during 2009-2011. Totally, 42 taxa belonging to 26 genera and 7 subfamilies were collected. Among these, one species – Drasteria kusnezovi (John, 1910) – is newly reported for the Iranian fauna, together with 23 new provincial records. For all species, illustrations of adults and their genitalia are given with remarks.

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Published

2016-02-26

Issue

Vol. 98 (2015)

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