First record of Euxoa acuminifera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from Iran with new data on distribution of Euxoa species in north-east Iran.

Abstract

The genus Euxoa Hübner, [1821] is regarded as the most highly evolved among the genera of the subfamily Noctuinae and contains by far the largest number of species of the subfamily in Europe and in the Palaearctic region. Fifty-four species of this genus has been already reported from Iran. In this paper a list of 17 already recorded species and subspecies of Euxoa from the north-east of Iran is given and discussed. Furthermore, E. acuminifera (Eversmann, 1854) is newly reported for the fauna of Iran. Figures of its adult male and female and their genitalia are provided together with bionomics and distribution of the species.

Keywords

• noctuidae
• euxoa
• fauna
• distribution
• new record
• khorasan