Udea praepetalis ( Lederer, 1869 )

Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5248 (1), pp. 1-70 : 21

Udea praepetalis ( Lederer, 1869)

( Figs 5E‒H , 9A‒E , 10A–E )

Material examined. HMIM: Iran, Golestân Prov.: 1 Ô, Gorgân, Shâhkuh-e Bâlâ , 2100 m, 19.vii.2003, Âlipanâh, Ebrâhimi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2716, HMIM) .

NHMW: Iran, Golestân Prov.: 2 ÔÔ 1 ♀, Shâhkuh-e Pâeen ,?. vii.1898, Funke leg. (gen. prep. Ô MV 18588 Slamka, 2012; ♀ MV 18591 Slamka, 2012) ; Mâzandarân Prov.: 1 ♀, Elburz Mt., Polur , 2000 m, 27, 28.vii.1936, Schwingenschuss leg. (gen. prep. MV 18590 Slamka, 2012) .

Distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, N Iran, Iraq,? Turkmenistan ( Slamka 2013). In Iran it has been reported from Alborz (Kandovan), Golestan (Gorgan, Hajiabad vill., Shahkuh), Hamedan (Alvand Mt.), and Mazandaran (Polur, Tarsi Kola) Provinces ( Lederer 1869, 1971; Zerny 1939; Amsel 1949).

Unplaced species in the genus

Figures

FIGURE 5. Udea rajabii sp. n., paratypes (A‒D) and U. praepetalis (Lederer) (E‒H). A, D) Male (A) and female (D), re- spectively from Armenia (Gehard), upperside. B, C) Male from Iran (Elburz Mt., Kandovan Rd.), upperside (B) and underside (C). E‒G) Males from Iran (Shahkuh-e Paeen), upperside (E, F) and underside (G). H) Female from Iran (Elburz Mt., Polur), upperside (after Slamka 2013)

FIGURE 9. Male genitalia of Udea praepetalis collected from Shahkuh (Iran, Golestan Province).A‒C) Main body in ventral view (A), fibula (B), and cornuti (C) (genitalia slide HA-2716, HMIM). D, E) Main body in ventral and phallus in lateral views, respectively (genitalia slide MV [unavailable] Slamka, 2012) (D) (genitalia slide MV 18588 Slamka, 2012) (E). Arrows in the right and left parts of the figure E indicate pseudognathos and fibula, respectively.

FIGURE 10. Female genitalia of Udea praepetalis collected from Shahkuh (Iran, Golestan Province) (A‒C) and Polur (Iran, Mazandaran Province) (D, E) (genitalia slides MV 18591 Slamka, 2012 (A) and MV 18590 Slamka, 2012 (D)). A, D) Main body in ventral view. B, E) Antrum and colliculum. C, E) Cestum. Short arrows in figures A and D indicate antrum, long arrow in figure A indicates membranous part of ductus bursae, and arrow in figure C indicates cestum.