Loxostege bicoloralis Warren, 1892

Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, Zootaxa 5289 (1), pp. 1-82 : 56

Loxostege bicoloralis Warren, 1892

( Fig. 26C )

Spilodes bicoloralis Warren, 1892: 178 .

LT: Iraq, Baghdad.

Syn.: Phlyctaenodes flavivenalis Hampson, 1913: 520 .

Loxostege osthelderi Schawerda, 1932: 12 .

Material examined. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀: Fârs Prov. : 1 ♂, Shirâz, Mahârlu Lake, 1500 m, 23.iv.1992, Badii, Mirzâyâns leg. , 1 ♂, Kâzerun , Gâwkoshak, 15.-23.iv.1976, Abâi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2481, HMIM) ; Lorestân Prov. : 1 ♀, Tang-e Malâvi, 720 m, 5.v.1976, Pâzuki leg.

Distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran ( Slamka 2013).

Remarks. In the single specimen collected from Shiraz, the hindwing is covered with brown scales apically ( Fig. 26C ), but the other two examined specimens have a homochromatic apex.

Figures

FIGURE 26. A) Loxostege scalaralis (Christoph), male. B) L. wagneri Zerny in Wagner, male. C) L. bicoloralis Warren, female. D) L. deliblatica Szent-Ivany & Uhrik-Meszaros, male. E) L. mucosalis (Herrich-Schäffer), male. F) L. peltaloides (Rebel in Wagner), male (scale bar = 10.0 mm).