A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan Author Sh, Hossein Rajaei Author Stüning, Dieter Author Viidalepp, Jaan text Zootaxa 2011 3105 1 46 journal article 45951 10.5281/zenodo.279200 ba8601ac-96fc-46f9-a1ea-fa88c9ca43b5 1175-5326 279200 L. fissurata fissurata Mabille ( Figs. 17 , 45 ; Map 4) Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888 : 58 . Holotype Ƥ, ZSM (examined). Type locality: Tunisia . Lithostege fissurata : Prout, 1914: 172 , pl. 11b; Prout, 1937 : 84 ; Prout: 1938: 241; Parsons et al., 1999 : 546 . Material examined. 3 3, 5 Ƥ: 1 3, 1 Ƥ: [locality not mentioned] 1957, coll. L. Lhomme, gen. prep. 3 1045/2010 H. R.; in ZSM . 1 3: Algeria , Centre Hassi Bahbah Plantation, 24.IV.1930 , Schwingenschuss; 1 3, 2 Ƥ: Algier , El Mesrane Predota, 26.– 27.4.1931 , preps. 3 1608/2011 H. R.; 2 Ƥ: Algier , Roche de Sel, Predota, 18.41931; Biskra, Mars, 1910, V. Faroult; all in ZFMK . Preparations of genitalia: 2 3. Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 19–28 mm . Forewing creamy white, with a short, curved, narrow apical dark grey line. Hindwing dirty white, without pattern ( Fig. 17 ). Tergite A–8 ( Fig. 45 c) strongly sclerotised, distally prominent and irregularly crinkled. Male genitalia ( Fig. 45 ): Valve with its larger, proximal part densely sclerotised, with a small, rounded l projection more ventrally on its outer margin; harpe a small, rounded, somewhat elongate lobe at base of valva, dorsal projection short, semicircular, with a pointed tip; aedeagus straight. Female genitalia (see Hausmann & Seguna, 2005 : 12, fig. 3) very similar to those of L. fissurata inanis . Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in April only. Distribution. Western Algeria to Libya , Malta , Southeast of Egypt , Israel ( Hausmann & Seguna (2005) (Map 4).