Anania ochrofascialis ( Christoph, 1882 )

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 : 11

Anania ochrofascialis ( Christoph, 1882)

( Figs 2B , 3A–C )

Metasia ochrofascialis Christoph, 1882: 121–122 .

TL: Russia, Dagestan, Derbent.

Syn.: Botys retowskyi M̂schler, 1888: 128.

Hypotia bilinear Bethune-Baker, 1894: 46 , pl. 1 fig. 15.

Metasia ochrifascialis Rebel, 1901: 61 .

Metasia younesalis Chrétien, 1915: 295 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, 7 ♀♀: Hormozgân Prov. : 3 ♀♀, Minâb, 13.iii.1971, Pâzuki, Âyatollâhi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2431, HMIM), 1 ♂, Minâb , 20.-21.ii.1997, V. Nazari leg. (gen. prep. HA-2416, HMIM) , 1 ♀, Isin , 240 m, 5.iv.1973, Abâi leg.; Khuzestân Prov.: 2 ♀♀, Âbâdân, Choebdeh, Bahmanshir river , N 30˚12΄26.8˝, E 48˚33΄42.6˝, 3 m, 13.v.2016, Afsariân leg. , 1 ♀, Sarâkhiyeh , Tâlâb-e Shâdegân, N 30˚41.0´16˝, E 48˚32´23.1˝, 6 m, 12.v.2016, Afsariân, Mozhdehi leg.

Distribution. Crimean Peninsula, southern part of European Russia (Lower Volga), Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iran (Bandar Chabahar [Sistan and Baluchestan Province]), United Arab Emirates, south of Dead Sea, Western Sahara, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco ( Amsel 1961; Tränkner & Nuss 2010; Slamka 2013; Asselbergs 2008; De Prins & De Prins 2011 –2021). This species was misspelled by Amsel (1961) as Anania ochrifascialis .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A) Anania terrealis (Treitschke), female. B) A. ochrofascialis (Christoph), female. C) A. murcialis (Ragonot), female. D) A. rudalis (Zerny), male. E, F) Psammotis pulveralis (Ḩbner): male, Golestan, Shahkuh (E) and female, Alborz, Karaj (F) (scale bar = 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 3. A–F) Male genitalia of Anania ochrofascialis (Christoph) (genitalia slide HA-2416, HMIM) (A–C) and A. murcialis (Ragonot) (genitalia slide HA-2426, HMIM) (D–F): Genitalia and phallus in ventral view (A, D), fibula (B, E) and distal half of phallus (C, F). G–K) Female genitalia of A. ochrofascialis (Christoph) (genitalia slide HA-2431, HMIM) (G, H), A. murcialis (Ragonot) (genitalia slide HA-2440, HMIM) (I, J) and A. terrealis (Treitschke) (genitalia slide HA-2476, HMIM) (K): Genitalia in ventral view (G, I, K) and antrum area (H, J).