Tarisa subspinosa (Germar, 1839)

Graphosoma subspinosa Germar, 1839: 54; Tarisa consimilis Reuter, 1891: 138; Tarisa subspinosa var. fraudatrix Horváth, 1891: 76; Tarisa subspinosa var. rosea Horváth, 1891: 68; Tarisa chloris Horváth, 1904: 580; Tarisa subspinosa marismortui Linnavuori, 1960: 8 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Safavi 1959 as Tarisa fraudatrix), East Azarbaijan (Hoberlandt 1955, as Tarisa fraudatrix; Safavi 1959 as Tarisa fraudatrix; Modarres Awal 1997b as Tarisa fraudatrix), Kerman, Markazi, Mazandaran, Sistan & Baluchestan, Tehran (Hoberlandt 1997), Fars (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2012), Hormozgan (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2004), Khorasan (Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012 as Tarisa fraudatrix), Khuzestan, West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2012), Qazvin, Zanjan (Linnavuori 2008), Semnan (Kiritshenko 1949 as Tarisa fraudatrix var. rosea), Iran (no locality cited) (Reuter 1900, Oshanin 1906, 1912 as Tarisa fraudatrix var. rosea; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Europe (Russia, Ukraine, European Kazakhstan), Algeria and Egypt (Sinai), Near East, Asia extending to China and Mongolia, Indian subcontinent.

Host plants. On halophytes, Anabasis reticulata, Suaeda vermiculata (both Amaranthaceae), Zygophyllum sp. ( Zygophyllaceae) (Linnavuori 2004, 2008, 2012) and on Kochia sp. ( Chenopodiaceae) (Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012 as Tarisa fraudatrix).