Review Of The Species Groups Of The Genus Ctenoceratoda Varga, 1992 With Description Of Four New Species And A New Subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
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Varga, Zoltán
Author
Gyulai, Péter
Author
Ronkay, Gábor
Author
Ronkay, László
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2018
2018-03-30
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The
turpis
-group
Diagnosis – Large or medium-sized moths with not extremely long and moderately or strongly bipectinated male antennae, moderately elongate, apically acute forewings. Colouration simple, nearly concolorous grey or brownish, markings regular, often faint. Male brush organ present.
In the male genitalia, uncus long and narrow; cucullus rounded triangular with moderately elongate “neck”; ampulla elongate, often slightly falcate. Since the genital capsule of the different members of the group is very similar, the pectination of antennae appears as important specific character.
Checklist
Ctenoceratoda turpis
(Staudinger, 1900,
Phoebophilus
),
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden
12
: 341, pl. 7, fig. 8. Type-locality: [
China
,
Xinjiang
] Korla;
Ctenoceratoda brassicina
(Draudt, 1934,
Scotogramma
),
in
A. Seitz,
Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
3
: 98, pl. 14, row c. Type-locality: [
Russia
or
Kazakhstan
] “Altai occ.”;
Ctenoceratoda gandhara
(Hacker et Varga, 1990,
Haderonia
),
Esperiana
1:
340, pl. E, fig. 16. Type-locality:
Pakistan
, Karakoram Mts, Kunjerab pass;
Ctenoceratoda weigerti
(Hacker et Varga, 1990,
Haderonia
),
Esperiana
1:
340, pl. E, fig. 17. Type-locality:
Pakistan
, Karakoram Mts, Kunjerab pass;
Ctenoceratoda peregovitsi
Varga et Gyulai, 1999
,
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
45
(2): 174, figs 4–5, 25–26. Type-locality:
Mongolia
,
Ömnögovi aimak
, Tost Mts;
Ctenoceratoda psychrogena
Varga et Gyulai, 1999
,
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(2): 175, figs 6–8, 27–29, 42–44, 58–62, 84. Type-locality:
Tadjikistan
, Pamir Mts, Vakhanskiy Mts;
Ctenoceratoda aksakal
Varga et Gyulai, 1999
,
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
45
(2): 179, figs 11, 41, 57, 85. Type-locality:
Tadjikistan
, E Pamir Mts, Sarykolskiy Mts.
Bionomics and distribution – All species are confined to the high mountains of Central and Inner Asia, they regularly occur in high altitudes.