Codophila varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 23-24

Codophila varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Cimex varius Fabricius, 1787: 284 ; Cimex lunula Fabricius, 1794: 94 ; Cimex eryngii Germar, 1814: 21 ; Carpocoris bilunulata Kolenati, 1846: 51 ; Carpocoris bilunulata var. persica Kolenati, 1846: 51 ; Carpocoris bilunulata var. nubica Kolenati, 1846: 51 ; Pentatoma laborans A. Costa, 1847: 21 ; Pentatoma distinguenda A. Costa, 1847: 21 ; Codophila varia var. mancinii Tamanini, 1961: 600 ; Codophila varia longicornis Fuente, 1970: 106 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Lindberg 1938; Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987 as Carpocoris lunula Fabricius ; Linnavuori 2008; Ghahari et al. 2010a), East Azarbaijan ( Wagner 1968; Modarres Awal 1997b as Carpocoris lunula ), Fars ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Ribes et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Guilan, Semnan, Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Kerman (Linnavuori 2012), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1993, 1996a, 1997b; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Kordestan ( Brown 1966), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Hoberlandt 1955, 1997; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1966; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Northern Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906), Iran (no locality cited) ( Rider 2006; Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013).

General distribution. Europe (except Great Britain, Scandinavia), North Africa, Near East, Central Asia.

Host plants. On lucerne, sesame, other legumes and Elaeagnaceae family plants ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Verbascum sp. ( Scrophulariaceae ), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a), Rosa sp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b), cornel, tamarisk ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Rosa damascene (Rosaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Daucus sp. ( Apiaceae ), Cichorium sp., Cirsium sp. (both Asteraceae ), Sinapis sp. ( Brassicaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Acroptilon repens , Taraxacum sp. ( Asteraceae ), Atriplex sp. ( Chenopodiaceae ), Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae) , Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae) , Marrubium sp. ( Lamiaceae ), Raphanus sp. ( Brassicaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), herbaceous plants such as Asteraceae and Apiaceae (Linnavuori 2012) and cereals ( Modarres Awal 1997b); caught on several Lamiaceae , Caprifoliaceae , Chenopodiaceae (Ribes & Pagola Carte 2013) .