Review Of The Species Groups Of The Genus Ctenoceratoda Varga, 1992 With Description Of Four New Species And A New Subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Author Varga, Zoltán Author Gyulai, Péter Author Ronkay, Gábor Author Ronkay, László text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2018 2018-03-30 64 1 51 74 http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.64.1.51.2018 journal article 110555 10.17109/AZH.64.1.51.2018 d747e720-4280-469c-98a5-7f52451fe05b 2064-2474 5734636 Ctenoceratoda mallopyga sp. n. ( Figs 17–20 , 31 , 49, 50 , 60 ) Holotype : male, Pakistan , Karakoram Mts , Naltar valley , 2800 m , 36°09’N , 74°12’E , 30.VI.2000 , leg. Z. Varga et G. Ronkay (coll. Z. Varga , Debrecen ). Paratypes . Pakistan . 8 males , 3 females , with the same data as the holotype; 1 female , from the same locality, 7.VII.2000 , leg. Z. Varga & G. Ronkay ; 1 female , from the same locality, 14.VIII.1998 , leg. Z. Varga & G. Ronkay ; 1 male , from the same locality, 15.VI.1998 , leg. Gy. Fábián & B. Herczig ; 1 female , from the same locality, 14.VIII.1998 , leg. Z. Varga & G. Ronkay ; 5 males , 4 females , from the same locality, 18.VII.1998 , leg. G. Csorba & L. Ronkay ; 2 males , Karakoram Mts , Naltar valley , 2000 m , N36°09’, E74°10’, 16.VII.1994 , leg. B. Herczig , Gy.M. László & G. Ronkay ; 21 males , 27 females , Karakoram Mts , Hispar valley , Huru , N36°15’, E74°42’, 23.VII.1994 , leg. B. Herczig, Gy.M. László & G. Ronkay; 1 female , Darkot, 10.VIII.1998 , leg. Z. Varga & G. Ronkay; 1 male , 1 female , Teru, 14.VII.1994 , leg. B. Herczig , Gy.M. László & G. Ronkay (coll. P. Gyulai , G. Ronkay , Z. Varga and HNHM ); 4 females , Karakoram Mts , Juglot valley , 2550 m , 26.VII.2011 ; 20 males , Karakoram Mts , Chaprot village , 2400 m , 29.VI.2014 (coll. P. Gyulai ) . Figs 25–32. Ctenoceratoda spp. antennae. 25 = C. persephone sp. n. , paratype, male, Mongolia, 26 = C. khorgossi (Alphéraky, 1882) , male, Kazakhstan, 27 = C. scotosparsa sp. n. , paratype, male, Mongolia , 28 = C. argyrea ( Varga, 1992 ) holotype , male, Mongolia , 29 = C. cyanochrea sp. n. , paratype , male, Mongolia , 30 = C. tancrei (Graeser, 1892) , male, Kazakhstan , 31 = C. mallopyga mallopyga sp. n. , paratype , male, Pakistan , 32 = C. contempta (Püngeler, 1914) , male, Kirghisia Figs 33–38. Ctenoceratoda spp. male genitalia. 33–34 = C. persephone sp. n. , paratype, Mongolia, slide No.: VZ9489; 35–36 = C. khorgossi (Alphéraky, 1882) , Kirghisia, slide No.: VZ9488; 37–38 = C. argyrea ( Varga, 1992 ) , paratype , Mongolia , slide No.: VZ5109 Figs 39–41. Ctenoceratoda spp. female genitalia. 39 = C. persephone sp. n. , paratype, Mongolia, slide No.: VZ5942; 40 = C. khorgossi (Alphéraky, 1882) , Kazakhstan, slide No.: VZ9506; 41 = C. argyrea ( Varga, 1992 ) , paratype , Mongolia , slide No.: VZ5153 Figs 42–46. Ctenoceratoda scotosparsa sp. n. , genitalia, paratype, Mongolia. 42 = female, slide No.: VZ9508; 43–44 = male, slide No.: VZ9492, 45–46 = male, slide No.: RL8644 Slide Nos: VZ 7435m , VZ 7494m , VZ 9173m , VZ 9238m , VZ 9245m , VZ 9823m (males), VZ7487f (female). Diagnosis – Ctenoceratoda mallopyga is on average the largest and the most colourful member of the C. lupa -group (wingspan 43–51 mm ) having broad forewing and robust body. Ground colour of body and forewings variably dark whitish-grey, the lighter parts have some bluish shade while the darker parts of the thorax and the forewing are covered with darker graphite-grey scales. The forewing pattern is rather similar throughout the members of the lupa -group but the colouration is not brownish or ochreous as in the closely related C. contempta ( Fig. 20 ), C. lupa ( Fig. 21 ) and C. septemlacustris ( Fig. 22 ) but more bluish or (in worn specimens) slate-grey. The basal part of reniform stigma is more prominently marked with blackish scales than in the related taxa while the claviform stigma is longer and stronger defined with blackish. The crosslines are reduced; the postmedial line is distinctly marked with black arrowheads. Hindwings light grey with darker terminal band. The male genitalia ( Figs 49, 50 ) are basically similar to those of the related species, but the “head” of the cucullus is relatively larger than in C. contempta , C. septemlacustris and C. lupa ( Figs 51–56 ) and the ampulla is longer and not acute as in the three allied taxa but slightly curved and obtuse terminally. Distribution and bionomics. The new species occurs in the southern Pamirs (Wakhan valley), the eastern Hindukush (east of the Shandur pass), the Karakoram Mts ( type locality) and the western Himalayas. It inhabits the medium-high and higher altitudes (between 2000–2800 m ), the moths are local but rather frequent in their habitats.