Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens (Schilling, 1837)

Ghahari, Hassan & Chérot, Frédéric, 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 3845 (1), pp. 1-101 : 12

Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens (Schilling, 1837)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan ( Sadaghian et al. 2004 under the spelling D. lytescus [sic] Schill; Ghahari et al. 2010a; Nikdel et al. 2011), Fars (Linnavuori 2009), Golestan (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002; Linnavuori 2007), Guilan ( Abd-Rabou & Ghahari 2006; Linnavuori 2007), Kerman ( Ghahari et al. 2011), Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1997b, c; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999; Ghahari et al. 2011), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al. 2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Linnavuori 2009), Lorestan (Linnavuori 2009), Markazi ( Modarres Awal 1997c; Arkani et al. 2011), Mazandaran ( Linnavuori 2007), Semnan ( Modarres Awal 1997c), Tehran ( Linnavuori 2007), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Jakovlev 1877 under the combination Camptobrochis lutescens ; Lindberg 1938 under the combination Camptobrochis lutescens ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999).

General distribution, hosts and prey. Widely distributed species, known from Europe, North-Africa and Middle- East, collected on numerous plants, predator in Iran of Phyllonorycter corylifoliella (Hübner) and P. blancardella (Fabricius) ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997c).