First record of Leucania herrichii Herrich-Schäffer from Iran with new distribution data of Leucaniini (Lep., Noctuidae)

Ravan, Behnaz; Esfandiari, Mehdi; Mossadegh, Mohammad Saeed

doi:10.61186/jibs.10.4.797

First record of Leucania herrichii Herrich-Schäffer from Iran with new distribution data of Leucaniini (Lep., Noctuidae)

Document Type : Short Paper

Authors

Behnaz Ravan

Mehdi Esfandiari

Mohammad Saeed Mossadegh

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.61186/jibs.10.4.797

Abstract

The larvae of certain species in the Noctuidae family cause significant economic damage annually. Due to the importance of this group, specimens of the subfamily Noctuinae, specifically from the tribe Leucaniini, collected from the Fars, Ilam, Kerman and Khuzestan provinces were studied. As a result, among the nine identified and studied species from the genera Mythimna and Leucania, four species from Khuzestan province, three species from Ilam province and one species from Fars province were registered as new provincial records. Additionally, the distribution of Leucania (Leucania) herrichii Herrich-Schäffer, 1849 was confirmed for the first time in Iran. Further studies on this tribe in different parts of Iran are recommended.

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Keywords

distribution

fauna

Moth

Mythimna

new record

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