Herpetogramma licarsisalis
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Herpetogramma
Herpetogramma licarsisalis

description: Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)   
(Fig. 18A, B)  
 Material examined. 19 ÔÔ 30 ♀♀: Bushehr Prov.: 1 Ô, Jam, 620 m, 19.xi.1997, Barâri, Mofidi-Neyestânak, V. Nazari leg., 1 ♀, Kangân, 25 km S Sirâf, Shirino, 20 m, 22.iv.1997, Pâzuki, Hâshemi leg., 4 ÔÔ 1 ♀, Borâzjân, Darvâh, 50 m, 22.–23.xii.1999, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Khârk Isl., 100 m, 29.–30.ii.2001, Ghayurfar leg.; Fârs Prov.: 1 ♀, Dârâb, Rostâgh, 1250 m, 21.–23.iv.1992, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg., 1 ♀, Dasht-e Arzhan, 1900 m, 14.ix.1974, Abâi leg., 1 ♀, Jahrom, 13.ix.1971, Borumand leg., 1 Ô, Kâzerun, Farâshband, Châh Torkaman, 1200 m, 10.iv.1975, Borumand leg., 1 Ô, Kâzerun, Gâwkoshak, 28.vi.1975, Abâi leg., 1 Ô, Kâzerun, Tang-e Chogân, 900 m, 9.v.1974, Abâi, Pâzuki leg., 1 ♀, Lâr, Park-e Shohadâ, 830 m, 26.x.1997, Moghaddam, N. Nazari, Barâri leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, 58 km Lâr- Jahrom Rd., 13.iv.1971, Borumand leg., 1 ♀, Mamasani, 8.ix.1971, Borumand leg.; Hormozgân Prov.: 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, 28.iv.1986, Mirzâyâns, Borumand leg., 1 Ô, Bandar Abbâs, Dasht-e Emâm, 225 m, 5.ii.2001, Ebrâhimi, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, Gohreh, 9.iii.1971, Âyatollâhi, Pâzuki leg., 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, Isin, 240 m, 5.iv.1973, Abâi leg., 1 Ô, Bandar Abbâs, Isin, 50 m, 26.xi.1999, Badii, Barâri, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Bandar Abbâs, Jalâbi vill., 2.iii.1973, Ebert leg., 1 ♀, Bandar Lengeh, Bostâno, 0 m, 25.xi.1997, V. Nazari leg., 2 ÔÔ, Hâjiâbâd, 1140 m, 25.iv.1996, Ardeh, Badii, V. Nazari leg., 1 Ô, Hormoz Isl., 1.iii.1999, Ghayurfar, Manzari leg., 1 ♀, Kish Isl., 21, 24.xi.1999, Mofidi-Neyestânak, Barâri leg., 1 ♀, Minâb, 20.–21.ii.1997, 50 m, V. Nazari leg., 2 ♀♀, Minâb, 22.xi.1997, 50 m, V. Nazari, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Minâb, Gurband, 50 m, 28.–31.xii.1999, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Minâb, Râvang, 80 m, 24.v.2001, Osten, Ebrâhimi, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Minâb, Râvang, N 24°4 ΄03.6″, E 57°10 ΄22.9″, 34 m, 4.v.2016, Afsariân, Mozhdehi leg., 1 ♀, Sirik, 100 m, 30.iv.1996, Badii, Ardeh, V. Nazari leg.; Kermân Prov.: 1 ♀, Jiroft, Khârposht, 550 m, 1.–2.x.1993, Hâshemi, Ebrâhimi leg.; Khuzestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Âbâdân, Minu Isl., 12 m, 11.v.1975, Pâzuki, Borumand leg., 1 Ô, Ahwâz, Hamidiyeh dam, 20 m, 20.–21.xi.1995, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg., 1 Ô, Behbahân, 350 m, 3.vi.1995, Parchami-Arâghi, Ardeh, Badii leg., 1 ♀, Minu Isl., 14.iv.2002, Ghayurfar leg., 1 ♀, Râmhormoz, Abuzar, 150 m, 18.–19.xi.1995, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg., 1 ♀, Shush, Khovis, Karkheh, 100 m, 24.iv.1995, Badii, Ardeh, Parchami-Arâghi leg.; Sistân and Baluchestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Bâhukalât, 57 m, 3.xi.2001, Ghayurfar, Nematiân leg., 1 ♀, Châbahâr, 30 m, 30.xii.2002, Hâjiesmailiân, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 Ô, Nikshahr, Tang-e Sarheh, 1100 m, 16.iii.1972, Abâi, Ebert leg., 1 Ô, Pishin, 150 m, 11.–12.xi.1996, Badii, Parchami-Arâghi, Ardeh leg.   
 Distribution. Native in tropic and subtropics. In Europe it has been recorded in Portugal, Spain, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Lampedusa Isle, Crete, Cyprus, S England (only as rare immigrants) and Sweden (Slamka 2013). In Iran, it has been reported from Bushehr (Bushehr), Fars (Mian Kotal), Hormozgan (Sarzeh), and Khuzestan (Ahwaz) Provinces (Amsel 1949, 1961).   
 Remarks. In the examined specimens ground colour of the wings varies from pale grayish-brown to dark grayish-brown (Fig. 18A, B).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen & Slamka, František, 2023, A revision of the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Iran with description of a new species, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 5248 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7681705