Morpho-taxonomic study on Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli, 1763 (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) as new record in Iraq

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciens Ibn Al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Iraq

2 Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Al- Iraqia, Iraq

3 Department of Biology, Collage of Science, University of Tikrit, Iraq

10.22124/cjes.2023.7176

Abstract

This study was carried out to report the newly recorded species of the family Crambidae, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. During the investigation on subfamily Pyraustinae in middle of Iraq, the following snout moth’s species is reported for the first time from Iraq: Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli, 1763. External and genital characteristics of adult were examined and illustrated. This newly recorded species is enumerated with their available information including the collecting localities, illustrations of adults, and female genitalia. There is a paucity of Iraqi research that deals with this family in terms of diagnosing and describing the species of its subfamilies.

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Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Available Online from 14 October 2023

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