Herpetogramma fascinalis (Amsel, 1950)

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 : 37

Herpetogramma fascinalis (Amsel, 1950)

Material examined. No material was available for examination in this study.

Distribution. Iran: Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Chabahar; type locality) (Amsel 1950).

Remarks. According to Amsel (1950), this species can be easily separated from H. licarsisalis externally by having three equal-sized black spots on costal margin of the forewing: one near the base, the second at the beginning of the second transverse line, and the third more distant at the beginning of the fourth transverse line. The last one is reniform spot which is located at distal part of the discoidal cell. Herpetogramma licarsisalis has two black spots on the forewing, the larger reniform and the smaller antemedial spots both located inside the discoidal cell.