Loxostege wagneri Zerny, 1929

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 wagneri Zerny in Wagner, 1929

( Fig. 26B )

Loxostege wagneri Zerny in Wagner, 1929: 201–202.

TL: [ Turkey], “Inner-Anatolien”.

Material examined. 6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Esfahân Prov.: 1 ♂, Natanz, Abyâneh , 2150 m, 6.vi.1988, Hâshemi, Badii leg. ; Semnân Prov.: 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Moallemân, 1070 m, 17.v.2005, Falsafi, Nematiân leg. (gen. prep. HA-2441, HA-2466, HMIM); West Âzarbâijân Prov. : 1 ♀, Bâzargân, no date and no collector are given .

Distribution. Turkey ( Slamka 2013; Nuss et al. 2003 –2022).

Remarks. The shape and length of the forewing’s discoidal spot of the examined specimens varies slightly. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.

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).