Tritomegas sexmaculatus

Diagnosis: Tritomegas sexmaculatus is very similar to T. bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758), can be distinguished by the following characters (Werner, 2010; Bantock, 2011): White streak along side of pronotum is long and uniformly tapered in T. sexmaculatus (Fig. 3 A); short in T. bicolor, with narrow black streak separating it from pronotum edge posteriorly. White mark at base of forewing tapers uniformly towards pronotum in T. sexmaculatus, while it is inwardly ′ barbed′ at the base in T. bicolor. Wing membrane black in T. sexmaculatus (Fig. 3 B) brownish in T. bicolor (Bantock, 2011).

Distribution: Europe - Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. Asia - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia and Iran (Protić, 2001; Aukema et al., 2007; Bantock, 2011).

Material examined: 1 Ƌ, 3 ♀♀, Syria, Tartous (34 ° 53 ′ 46 ″ N, 36 ° 7 ′ 52 ″ E, 550 m), 19. V. 2020, on Mulberry (Morus sp.), leg. J. Ali, Y. Ali.