First record of Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from Iran

Hosseini Tabesh, Behnaz; Sahragard, Ahad; Alipanah, Helen; Sahragard, Ahad

doi:10.48311/jcp.2015.1200

First record of Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from Iran

10.48311/jcp.2015.1200

Volume 4, Issue 2
June 2015

Pages 167-171

Authors

B. Hosseini Tabesh ¹

A. Sahragard ¹

H. Alipanah ²

A. Sahragard ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, P. O. Box: 41335-3179, Rasht, Iran.

² Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P. O. Box: 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran.

Abstract

The cotton leaf roller moth, Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was collected on two kinds of flowering shrubs, Hibiscus syriacus L. and Hibiscus mutabilis L., in Rasht, Guilan Province, during August 2013. This species represents a generic new record for the fauna of Iran. A brief description of the species is provided to facilitate the identification.

Keywords

Crambidae

Spilomelinae

Cotton leaf roller

Iran

new record