Helen Alipanah - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
Saeed Moodi - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Birjand

Bucculatrix albella Stainton is newly reported for the fauna of Iran. The species is collected in Khorasan-e Jonubi and Zanjan Provinces as larvae and cocoon, and adult, respectively. In the former Province it was found on red date, Ziziphus jujuba Miller (Rosales: Rhamnaceae) in some orchards of Birjand during ۲۰۱۵-۲۰۱۶. This species may be considered as a severe pest of jujube in Iran in the future.

Bucculatricidae, Bucculatrix albella, leaf miner, jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, new record, Iran