Paropta paradoxa

Paropta paradoxa (Herrich-Sch��ffer, 1851) Cossus paradoxus Herrich-Sch��ffer, 1851, Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6: 39. LT: Smyrna [Izmir, Turkey]. Type material (holotype) is lost. Distribution. Cyprus, Rhodos, Karpathos, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Jordan (Staudinger 1871a, 1879a; Staudinger & Rebel 1901; Anders & Seitz 1923; Wiltshire 1949b, 1980, 1990; Kiriakoff 1960; de Freina & Witt 1990; Schoorl 1990; de Freina 1996; Hacker 1999; Lewandowski & Fischer 2002; Yakovlev 2006b). Host plants. Ficus carica L., F. pseudosycomorus Decne, Albizia lebbech (L.) Benth., Vitis vinifera L., Olea europeae L., Ceratonia siliqua L. (Anders & Seitz 1923; Schoorl 1990; Lewandowski & Fischer 2002). Remarks. This species currently includes two subspecies, Paropta paradoxa paradoxa (Herrich-Sch��ffer, [1851]) and P. paradoxa kathikas Yakovlev & Lewandowski, 2007, of which the former is distributed in Iran.
Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Yakovlev, Roman, Falsafi, Hossein, Witt, Thomas & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, 5062, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5062 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5062.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5808035
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