Phragmataecia castaneae
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Yakovlev, Roman
name: Falsafi, Hossein
name: Witt, Thomas
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Phragmataecia
Phragmataecia castaneae

description: Phragmataecia castaneae (Hübner, 1790)   
(Fig. 21D)  
 Phalaena castaneae Hübner, 1790, Beitr. Ges. Schmett. 2: 9.   
LT: Europe. Type material is lost.  
Synonymy:  
 = Phalena (Bombyx) arundinis Hübner, [1802–1808], Samml. Eur. Schmett.: 151.   
LT: Europe. Type material is lost.  
 = Phragmatoecia cinerea Teich, 1884, Stett. Ent. Ztg. 44: 212.   
LT: Schifmoor bei Kemmern [Germany]. Type material (syntypes) are lost.  
 = Phragmataecia castaneae ab. (mut?) nov. melaina Daniel, 1929, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 19: 82.   
LT: Hung. c. Tatárszentryörgy [Hungary]. Type material (syntypes) in MWM.  
 = Phragmatoecia castanea sicca Dannehl, 1929, Ent. Zschr. 43 (12): 148.   
LT: Terlan, Lana, Sigmundskron, Ala, Caldonazzo [N. Italy]. Type material is probably lost.  
 = Phragmataecia castaneae f. fusca Lempke, 1961, Tijdschr. Entomol. 104: 179.   
LT: Woerdense Verlaat [The Netherlands]. Type material (holotype) in coll. van Aartsen.  
 = Phragmataecia castaneae leonadae Gómez-Bustillo, 1977, SHILAP–Rev. Lepidop. 5 (17): 96.   
LT: Torre la Sal, T.M. de Cabanes, Castellón [Spain]. Type material (holotype) in coll. National de SHILAP.  
 Material examined. HMIM: Ardebil Prov.: 1 ♀, Moghân, 27.vi.1967, leg. Damanâbi, 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Moghân, Doost Kandy, N 39˚41΄07.4˝, E 47˚57΄58.6˝, 34 m, 18.viii.2014, leg. Afsariân, 1 ♀, Moghân, Oltân, Aras river, N 39˚36΄17.6˝, E 47˚45΄00.3˝, 138 m, 17.viii.2014, leg. Afsariân, 3 ♀♀, Moghân, Pârs Âbâd, Aras river, N 37˚35΄41.0˝, E 48˚37΄45.3˝, 65 m, 19.vi.2007, leg. Zahiri, Mozaffariân; Fârs Prov.: 1 ♂, Farâshband, Châh Torkaman, 1200 m, 10.iv.1975, leg. Borumand (gen. prep. No. HA-825, HMIM), 1 ♂, Kâzerun, Parishân Lake, 900 m, 5.vi.1990, leg. Ebrâhimi, Badii; Ilam Prov.: 1 ♂, Mehrân,?. iv.1947, leg. Farahbakhsh; Khuzestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Âbâdân, Kuteshâ Hnuf, 5 m, 11.v.1995, leg. Hâshemi, Sarafrâzi, 1 ♂, Minu Isl., 14.iv.2002, leg. Ghayurfar; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Shushtar, Kârun Agro. Indust., 50 m, 24.iv.1995, leg. Parchami-Arâghi, Ardeh, Badii, 1 ♂, Haft Tappeh, 70 m, 26.iv.1976, leg. Pâzuki, Abâi, 1 ♂, Sarrâkhiyeh, Tâlâb-e Shâdegân, N 30˚41.0΄1.6˝, E 48˚3.2΄23.1˝, 6 m, 12.v.2016, leg. Afsariân, Mozhdehi.   
 Distribution. Central and Southern Europe, S England, Middle East, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, W China (Xinjang), SW Siberia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco (Staudinger 1871a; Christoph 1888b; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Spuler 1910; Anders & Seitz, 1923; Schwingenschuss 1938; Wiltshire 1944, 1949b, 1957; Chneour 1955; Barou 1967; Rungs 1979; Krivokhatskyi 1985; Didmanidze & Yakovlev 2007; Saldaitis et al. 2007; Yakovlev 2010).   
 Distribution in Iran. According to the present study this species is distributed in Ardebil, Fars, Ilam and Khuzestan Provinces (Fig. 35B). However, Wieser et al. (2001) have reported it from Golestan Province (Golestan National Park: Ghale Palangan, Sasan, Mianghaleh).   
 Host plants. Ph. australis (Cav.) Steud. (Poaceae), Typha latipholia L. (Typhaceae) (Wiltshire 1944; Hrubý 1964; Gómez-Bustillo & Fernándes-Rubio 1976; Skinner 1985; Speidel 1994; Piskunov et al. 2000; Wilson 2004).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035