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

description: Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763)   
(Fig. 2D)  
 Material examined. 67 ÔÔ 68 ♀♀: Gilân Prov.: 3 ♀♀, Âstârâ, N 38°17 ΄14.66″, E 48°52 ΄22.1″, 46 m, 18.vii.2013, Afsariân, Sarafrâzi leg., 1 Ô 4 ♀♀, Asâlem, Kharjagil, 180 m, 24.–25.viii.1994, Sarafrâzi, Ebrâhimi leg., 2 ÔÔ, Asâlem, Kom, 150 m, 4.viii.1975, Mirzâyâns leg., 1 ♀, Asâlem, Parehsar, 14.v.1977, Abâi leg., 2 ÔÔ 7 ♀♀, Asâlem, Parehsar, 750 m, 13.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Ilkhâni leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, Asâlem, Parehsar, 950 m, 14.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Abâi leg., 2 ÔÔ 2 ♀♀, Asâlem, Shondol, 950 m, 9.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Farahbakhsh leg., 3 ÔÔ, Bandar Anzali, Âbkenâr, 0 m, 4.viii.1999, Mofidi-Neyestânak, Ebrâhimi, Badii leg., 5 ÔÔ 5 ♀♀, Bandar Anzali, 15 km Asâlem- Pisâson Rd., 220 m, 30.viii.1975, Mirzâyâns leg., 3 ÔÔ 1 ♀, Bandar Anzali, Punel, 30 km S Asâlem, 250 m, 12.viii.1974, Mirzâyâns, Ilkhâni leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, Deylamân, Khâsekhâni, 1250 m, 1.–3.viii.1999, Barâri, Badii, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Eshkevarât, N 36°52 ΄2.03″, E 50°10 ΄08.1″, 1434 m, 16.viii.2013, Afsariân leg., 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Rasht, 0 m, 29.viii.2001, Manzari, Mofidi-Neyestânak leg., 1 ♀, Rasht, Shânderman, Olâm, N 37°27 ΄9″, E 49°4 ΄39″, 223 m, 16.v.2006, Sarafrâzi, Nematiân leg., 3 ÔÔ 3 ♀♀, Rasht, Mâsuleh, 1400 m, 12.viii.1991, Hâshemi, Parchami-Arâghi leg., 14 ÔÔ 14 ♀♀, Siâhkal- Deylamân Rd., Tootki vill., N 37°3.0 ΄37.74″, E 49°50.56 ΄41″, 464 m, 22.vii.2010, Âlipanâh leg., 1 Ô, Siâhkal, Deylamân, 7 km forest Rd., 300 m, 15.vii.1996, Rajâei leg., 3 ÔÔ, Siâhkal, Khâsekhâni, 1200 m, 11.vii.2000, Ebrâhimi, Mofidi-Neyestânak, Barâri, Deuve leg., 2 ÔÔ 6 ♀♀, Tâlesh, 100 m, 13.–14.viii.1991, Hâshemi, Parchami-Arâghi leg., 1 Ô, Tâlesh, Pilemberâ, Visâdâr fall, N 37°35 ΄24.6″, E 48°58 ΄19.7″, 1621 m, 16.viii.2014, Afsariân leg.; Golestân Prov.: 1 ♀, Gorgân, Aliâbâd, Kabudwâl, 200 m, 23.viii.1983, Borumand, Pâzuki leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, Golestân National Park, Kârkandeh Sta., 27.vii.2003, Rajaei leg.;   
 Mâzandarân Prov.: 2 ÔÔ 2 ♀♀, Behshahr, Duk forest, 840 m, 23.vi.1977, Pâzuki, Mortazavihâ leg., 1 Ô, 15 km Châlus, 220 m, 2.ix.1975, Mirzâyâns leg., 1 Ô, Kelârdasht Mts, 24.vii.1980, Hâshemi, Zairi leg., 2 ♀♀, Marzanâbâd, 6.vii.1995, Badii, Sarafrâzi, Linnavori leg., 1 Ô 2 ♀♀, Nowshahr, 7.vii.1977, Abâi leg., 1 Ô, Râmsar, Eshkatehchâl, 1200 m, Gilâsiân, Nematiân leg., 1 Ô 1 ♀, Sâri, Amreh II vill., Amreh forest, 500 m, 10.vi.2005, Nematiân, Âlipanâh, Sinaev leg., 6 ÔÔ 7 ♀♀, Sâri, Kiâsar, Saâdat Mahalleh, 16.vii.2004, Moghaddam, Hâjiesmailiân leg., 3 ÔÔ, Tonekâbon, 250 m, 22.vii.1980, Hâshemi, Zairi leg., 3 ÔÔ, Tonekâbon, Dohezâr, 650 m, 29, 30.v.2003, Gilâsiân, Hâjiesmailiân leg., 1 ♀, Tonekâbon, Dohezâr, 1000 m, 9.vi.2005, Nematiân, Âlipanâh, Sinaev leg.; Semnân Prov.: 2 ÔÔ 1 ♀, Golestân National Park, Dasht-e Shâd, 1390 m, 25.–26.vii.1996, Ebrâhimi, V. Nazari leg.   
 Distribution. Europe except the northern part, in England only from the southeast; Turkey; Transcaucasia; China, Primorye, Japan (Slamka 2013) and Iran (Gilan Province: Taher Gourab) (Amsel 1959).   
 Remarks. This species has only been collected in the north of Iran including Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan Provinces, and a small area in the northern part of Semnan province, where the most known host plant for this species, i.e. Carpinus spp., Corylus spp., Castanea spp., Ouerqus spp., Sorbus spp., and Betula spp. (Slamka 2013), are growing.   
  Genus Haritalodes Warren, 1890
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 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5248.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7681705