Pyrausta obfuscata ( Scopoli, 1763 )

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 : 30

Pyrausta obfuscata ( Scopoli, 1763)

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Phalaena obfuscate Scopoli, 1763: 232 .

TL: Slovenia [Carniolia]

Syn.: Tinea bimaculosa Fourcroy, 1785: 329 .

Phalaena Pyralis rubralis Villers, 1789: 452 .

Pyrausta pygmaealis Duponchel, 1832: 225 , pl. 224 fig. 7.

Pyrausta fucatalis Treitschke, 1835: 36–37 .

Pyrausta atrosanguinalis Eversmann, 1842: 560 .

Material examined. Golestân Prov.: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Golestân National Park, Koylar , 1250 m, 23.vii.1996, Ebrâhimi, V. Nazari leg.

Distribution. Southern and Central Europe, European part of Russia, Dagestan, Turkey, south of Siberia ( Slamka 2013), Iran: Golestan Province (Golestan National Park [Tang-e Gol] and Gorgan) ( Lederer 1871, Wieser et al. 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 11. A) Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus), female. B) P. despicata (Scopoli), female, North Khorasan, Bojnurd. C) P. despicata (Scopoli), male, North Khorasan, Kopet Dagh. D) P. obfuscata (Scopoli), male. E) P. aurata Scopoli, female, Tehran, Firuzkuh. F) P. aurata Scopoli, male, Kerman, Esfandagheh (scale bar = 10.0 mm).