Streblote siva Lefebvre 1827
Creators: name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Zahiri, Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Streblote
Streblote siva

description: Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)
Fig. 17, female.
Bombyx siva Lefèbvre, 1827, Zool. Journ. 3: 210. TL: India. Holotype: male (probably lost).
References: Mirzayans and Kalali 1970: 19; Rajabi 1986: 169; Modarres Awal 1994 & 1997: 209. Distribution (Map 34): deserts and oases of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. - In Iran: Qazvin, Esfehan, Fars, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan va Baluchestan provinces.
Bionomics. This species is known from lowland areas to 800 m and is on the wing from April to October. Two or occasionally three generations per year. Caterpillars from different localities recorded on Acacia spp. (Fabaceae = Leguminosae), Terminalia sp. (Comberitaceae), Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae), Zizyphus spinachristi (Rhamnaceae), Populus euphratica and Salix spp. (Salicaceae), Tamarix (Tamaricaceae), Punica (Punicaceae), Malus and other fruit trees (Rosaceae), Avicennia (Avicennaceae) and Prosopis stephaniana (Leguminosae= Fabaceae) (Wiltshire 1990: 106). In Bahrain (Wiltshire 1964), the species has been recorded from Casuarina (Casuarinaceae), Zizyphus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae), Prunus armeniacus, Prosopis stephansiana (Leguminosae= Fabaceae); in deserts larvae can be found often on the branches of Acacia and one caterpillar was also found on Nerium oleander. In Iran the following host plants are recorded: Egyptian acacia (Albizzia lebbeck: Mimosaceae), mudar (Calotropis procera: Asclepiadaceae), eucalyptus, screw bean (Prosopis sp.: Papilionaceae), pomegranate (Punica granatum: Punicaceae), willow, Christ’s thorn (Paliurus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae), Tamarix, Amygdalus spatiodes, Malus sp. Pupa hibernates in a silky cocoon between leaves or on bank.
MAP 34. Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827).
Material Examined: male, Mesopotamia, Amara, 27.IX.1916, R.Brewitt-Taylor (BMNH); male, South Persia near Ahwaz, X.1932, Dr. S.W.Pill (BMNH); 7 males, Iran, Belutschistan, Iranshar, 800m, 11–21.V.1954, Richter & Schäuffele (ZSSM); male, SO Iran (Djiroft), Anbar-Abad, 1–18.V.1956, W.Richter leg. (ZSSM); male, Amara, Mesopotamien, 28.IV.1918, P.A.Buxton (BMNH); female, Amara, Tigris R., 7.IV.1918 (BMNH); male, Allachabad (BMNH); male, Persia meridionalis, Bushir-Siahmakan Elil, 18.IV.1977, leg Sojak (ZSSM); 2 males, female, Persia septentrionalis, Elburs-Ziaran, 11.VII.1977, lg.Sojak (MW); male, Iran, Khuzistan, Ahwtaz, 19.V.1938, E.P.Wiltshire (BMNH); male, SW Iran, Bushire, 2.VI.1950, E.P.Wiltshire (BMNH); female, SW Iran, Bushire, e.p. 26.III.1950, E.P.Wiltshire (BMNH); male, Ahwaz, 19.IV.1938 (BMNH); male, SW Iran, Bushire, e.p., 6.IV.1950, E.P.Wiltshire (BMNH); 1 male, S. Iran, 75 km NO Bandar- Abbas, 3.IV 1974, leg. Vartian (NHMW); 1 male, Iran, Belutschistan, Jranshar (?Iranshar), 11–21.IV 1954, leg. Richter u. Schäuffele (SMK); 1 male, Kazvin, 77 [Qazvin]; 18 males, 1 female, Iran, Belutschistan, Iranshar, 800 m, 1954, leg. Richter & Schaeuffele (SMNStuttgart); 1 male, Iran, Khuzistan, Schadegan, 18.III 1956, leg. Richter & Schaeuffele (SMNStuttgart); 4 males, 2 females, SO Iran, [Djiroft], Anbar Abad, 21– 30.IV 1956, leg. W. Richter (SMNStuttgart); 2 males, 1 female, Persis septentrionalis, Elburz-Ziaran, 11.VII 1977, leg. Sojak MWM). (HMIM): Fars: Sarmaschad, Farashband, 1780 m, 9.IV.1975, leg. Borumand H.; Gavkoshak, Kazerun, 26.XI.1975, leg. Abai M. Khuzestan: Ahvaz, 140 m, 11.IX.1967,.; Ahvaz, 140 m, IX.1961; Haft Tappeh, Dezful, 70 m, 17.XII.1973, leg. Danyali; Dezful, 29.X.1948, leg. Serkissian. Bushehr: Shirino, 25 km S Taheri, 20 m, 22.IV.1977, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi; Khormoj, 170 m, 5.XII.1996, leg. Ebrahimi, Parchami & Badii; Jazire-e-Khark, 100 m, 1–2.III.2001, leg. Ghayourfar R. Hormozgan: Dargahan, Jazire-e-Gheshm (Qeshm), 27–28.II.1999, leg. Ghayourfar & Manzari; Kuh-e-Geno, Bagh Tang, 410 m, 8.V.1977, leg. Pazuki A.; Jazire-e-Lavan, 10 m, 16–18.II.1999, leg. Mofidi & Barari; Jazire-e-Lavan, 10 m, 6.V.2002, leg. Mofidi, Gilasian & Ebrahimi; Sirik, 70 m, 18–19.IV.1992, leg. Mirzayans & Badii; Chah Kuh, Bandar-e-Lengeh, 25.IV.1977, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi; Jazireh-e-Kish, 27 m, 23–25.XI.1976, leg. Abai M.; Issin, 130–150 m, 1–6.V.1977, leg. Pazuki A.; Gurband, Minab, 70 m, 18.V.1973, leg. Hashemi & Borumand; Bashagerd, Senderk, 220 m, 12.V.1977, leg. Safavi & Pazuki; Konardan, 36 km E Gawbandi, 210 m, 23.IV.1977, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi. Kerman: Jiroft, 26.X.1950, leg. Salav.; Jiroft, 4.IX.1967,. Sistan va Balouchestan: Iranshahr Lab., 1993, leg. Omara; Rig Kaboud, 18 km W Iranshahr, 500 m, 15.V.1972, leg. Abai & Ebert; Sulden, Pishin, 190 m, 14.XI.1996, Parchami, Sarafrazi & Barari; Taftan, 2.V.1969, leg. Pazuki & Hashemi.
description: Published as part of Zolotuhin, Vadim V. & Zahiri, Reza, 2008, The Lasiocampidae of Iran (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 1791 on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274319