Aciura coryli (Rossi, 1794) (figs 7, a–b)

Synonym: Aciura powelli Séguy, 1930 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Rif: Arhil, 11.07.2020, 1 ♀ (sweeping) (El Harym).

Host plants. In Morocco reared from Phlomis fruticosa L. and Phlomis sp., (Séguy, 1930). Larvae also develop in the FLowers of Ballota saxatilis Sieb. ex. C. Presl., Phlomis viscosa Poir. (Lamiaceae) (Freidberg & Kugler, 1989) and some other Lamiaceae.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From France and Morocco to southern East Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Israel and Syria (Korneyev & Dirlbek, 2001; Korneyev & Merz, 2004). In Morocco, this species was collected also in the Middle Atlas in Azrou (Séguy, 1930) and in the coastal meseta in KoriFLa (Séguy 1953).