Correcting the Record of Miniphila Miniago (Freyer, 1840) (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae) From Iran With Taxonomic Notes

Miniphila miniago (freyer, 1840) (lepidoptera, noctuinae) was reported by rezwani gilkalai (1975) from tehran and north-west of iran as eugnorisma miniago (freyer), a grapevine bud pest, which damages vine buds in the early of april. results on expeditions of foreign researchers as well as recent relevant taxonomic catalogues and publications show no record of miniago from iran and report the southernmost distribution range of this species in armenia (fibiger, 1993; rabieh et al., 2013; varga et al., 2015). on the other hand, miniphila persago gyulai & ronkay, 2006 was described from central and west of iran as a closely allied species of m. miniago. therefore, we were doubtful that report of m. miniago from iran was a misidentification of miniphila persago.