Occurrences of three Phyllonorycter Hübner species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) for the first time in Iran

Alipanah, Helen; Farahani, Samira

doi:10.52547/jibs.4.1.37

Occurrences of three Phyllonorycter Hübner species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) for the first time in Iran

Authors

Helen Alipanah ¹

Samira Farahani ²

¹ Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

² Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

10.52547/jibs.4.1.37

Abstract

Three Phyllonorycter species namely, Ph. coryli (Nicelli, 1851), Ph. millierella (Staudinger, 1871) and Ph. roboris (Zeller, 1839) are newly reported for the fauna of Iran. These species are collected in Azarbaijan-e Sharghi, Tehran and Kordestan provinces, respectively. The first two species were collected as larvae while feeding on Carpinus betulus L. (Betulaceae) and Celtis australis L. (Cannabaceae), in the order, and the last one collected as adult in an Oak forest using light trap. The genus Carpinus L. and C. betulus are newly reported as larval host plant for Ph. coryli. Brief taxonomic characterizations of these species are provided and an updated list of the Phyllonorycter species occurring in Iran is presented.

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Keywords

Gracillariidae

Phyllonorycter

new record

new host plant

Iran

20.1001.1.24238112.2018.4.1.1.0

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