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Issue: Vol. 3794 No. 2: 6 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.2.6
Page range: 279–288
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

Gymnancyla (Gymnancyla) iranella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Phycitinae),a new species from Iran

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran.
Neerland 20, 4614 GD Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Institute, Yazd, Iran.
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Phycitinae Gymnancyla new species Iran

Abstract

A full description of Gymnancyla (Gymnancyla) iranella sp. n. is given; adult, head and appendages, male and female genitalia and the larva are described and illustrated, based on 15 males, 12 females and three last instar larvae collected in central Iran, Yazd Province, Abarkuh region. Larvae were found on Salsola sp. (family Chenopodiaceae).