Scotopteryx kurmanjiana, a new species from the Kopet-Dagh Mountains (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) Author Rajaei Sh., Hossein Biocentre Grindel and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart; hossein. rajaei. shoorcheh @ uni-hamburg. de hossein.rajaei.shoorcheh@uni-hamburg.de Author Laszlo, Gyula M. Fadrusz u. 25, H- 1114 Budapest, Hungary text Nota Lepidopterologica 2014 2014-06-15 37 1 37 42 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7954 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7954 2367-5365-1-37 E9C4F2AA0CA74147B8E2B748A38F2154 4D61C12EF0CF5F17AE8E921F1FF1A94A 575692 Scotopteryx kuznetzovi (Wardikian, 1957) Figs 3 , 4 , 6 Material. Iran: 2 ♂: Basmendj [NW Iran, SE Tabriz], 15.x. [19]74, [leg.] Damanabi, gen. preps slide Nos: 1063 & 1064/2010 H. Rajaei (coll. HMIM). 3 ♂, Prov. Azerbayejan, E-Garbi, 11 km S of Shoet, 1350m, 31.x-01.xi.2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai, slide No.: LG 2834; 1 ♂, Prov. Esfahan, 2750m, C-Zagros, Golestan Khuh, 10 km S of Khansar, 10-11.x.2001, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai, slide No.: LG 2339; 10 ♂, same data, but collected at 27-28.x.2003; 1 ♂, Prov. Esfahan, 7 km NW of Natanz, (to Kashan), Kuh-e-Karkas, 1500m, 18-19.x.2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai; 5 ♂, Prov. Esfahan, C-Zagros, 2600m, 2 km NE of Semirom, 20-21.x.2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai, slide Nos: LG 2832, 2833 (coll. Gy. M. Laszlo ). Turkey: 2 ♂, Ost Tuerkei , Van, 2700 m, Guezeldere Pass, 28.ix.1981, leg. P. Kuhna, gen. prep. slide No.: 3074, P. Kuhna; 1 ♂: Prov. Bitlis, Van Goelue , 19 km E of Ahlat, 1700 m, 42°34' E , 38°46' N , 18.x.1993, leg. Gy. Fabian , B. Herczig, Gy. Laszlo and K. Szeoke , (coll. ZFMK). 4 ♂, Prov. Bitlis, Van Goelue , 19 km E of Ahlat, 1700 m, 42°34' E , 38°46' N , 18.x.1993, leg. Gy. Fabian , B. Herczig, Gy. Laszlo and K. Szeoke , slide No. 394 Gy. M. Laszlo ; 1 ♂, Prov. Dogubayazit, Ishak Pasha Serayi near Dogubayazit, 14-15.x.2003, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai (coll. Gy. M. Laszlo ). Remarks. A large series of Scotopteryx kuznetzovi specimens was examined in order to determine the individual variability of morphological characters within this species. As a supplementary result of this survey, Scotopteryx kuznetzovi has been recorded from several new localities, extending our knowledge of its distribution.