Creontiades pallidus (Rambur, 1839)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2009, Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 1-32 : 14

Creontiades pallidus (Rambur, 1839)

Material examined. Many specimens: KHUZESTAN: near Ahvaz, 29.iv.–1.v.2007 ; Ahvaz Ghazavieh, 7.–8.vi.2005; Ahvaz – Jangleh, 11.–12.vi.2006; near Andimeshk, 19.–20.iv.2007, 5.–6.vi.2008; Andimeshk – Tangvan, 9.– 10.vi.2006; Bagh Malek, 9.–15.v.2007; Bandar-e-Mahshar, 12.–13.vi.2006; Behbehan, 27.–28.iv.2007; near Lali, 6.–8.v.2007, 6.–7.vi.2008; Ramhormoz, 7.–9.vi.2008; Sadde-e-Daz, 6.–7.vi.2005. BUSHEHR: near Bandar-e-Genaveh, 23.–24.iv.2007. FARS: Fasa – Mianjangal, 18.–19.vi.2006 ; near Fasa, 17.–19.vi.2008; Kamfiruz, 15.–16.vi.2002; Maharlu, 15.–16.vi.2006. KERMAN: Shahdad Hammet-Abad, 250 m a.s.l., 21.v.1996. MARKAZI: Saveh , 8.–9.vi.2003, 6.–7.vi.2006 ; 25 km S of Saveh , 20.–21.vi.2003. YAZD: Ahkazar, 18.–24.v.1996 .

Comments. At light in gardens, fields and steppes. Known as a pest on cotton. Holomediterranean, widely distributed in the Middle East and the Ethiopian Region.