Systematics and integrative taxonomic revision of the tribe Scopulini Duponchel, 1845 in Iran (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae) Author Wanke, Dominic State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Entomology, Rosenstein & D- 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. & University of Hohenheim, Systematic Entomology (190 n), Garbenstr. 30, D- 70599 Stuttgart, Germany. Author Hausmann, Axel SNSB-ZSM, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstr. 21, D- 81247 Munich, Germany. Author Lee, Kyung Min Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box Author Murillo-Ramos, Leidys Grupo Biologi ́ a Evolutiva, Department of Biology, Universidad de Sucre, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia. Corresponding author. Author Sihvonen, Pasi Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box Author Rajaei, Hossein State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Entomology, Rosenstein & D- 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-24 5359 1 1 96 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5359.1.1/52094 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5359.1.1 1175-5334 10147920 11CC5175-7CCE-453F-88EB-3490E82F4972 Scopula adulteraria (Erschov, 1874) bona sp. ( Plate 4 , Figs 5–6; Plate 12 , Fig. 2; Plate 22 , Fig. 2; Map 3) Acidalia adulteraria Erschov, 1874 . In Fedchenko, Puteshestvie v Turkestan, 2, 60. Syntypes ♁, ♀ (Turkestan: Kisilkum) (in MNHU, examined). Type material examined. 1 ♁, 1 ♀ [ Uzbekistan ], Margilan, ex coll. Staudinger ; in MNHU . Additional material examined: 87 ♁/ ♀ (see appendix). Remarks. Originally described as a species, and regarded as a bona species by several authors (e.g., Viidalepp 1996 ), it has been regarded as subspecies of Scopula ansulata by other authors ( Scoble 1999 ; Sihvonen 2005a , 2005b ; Scoble & Hausmann 2007 ). However, external differences as well as the sympatric occurrence of Scopula ansulata and S . adulteraria convinced us to raise this taxon to species rank. Diagnosis. Wingspan ♁ ♀ 23–30 mm . Due to its unique wing pattern, Scopula adulteraria cannot be confused with any other Scopula species in Iran . Ground colour ( Plate 4 , Figs 5–6) reddish brown; transverse lines well pronounced and characteristic curved (wings ivory to beige, with some grey-brown highlights in S . ansulata ) (see Plate 4 , Figs 1–6). The male genitalia ( Plate 12 , Fig. 2) and the female genitalia ( Plate 22 , Fig. 2), show no diagnostic characters for differentiation with the sister species S . ansulata . Phenology. Investigated specimens in Iran were collected from March to May. Biology. Unknown. Habitat. Investigated specimens in Iran collected at altitudes from 50 m to 1240 m . Distribution. This species is distributed from Iran to Central Asia ( Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan ) ( Viidalepp 1996 ). In Iran it is only known for the province Khorasan-e Shomali (see Map 3). DNA-barcoding. Nearest species: S. rufomixtaria (De Graslin, 1863) with 7.3 % (see Supplementary Table S1); this may change when data for S . ansulata is added to the dataset. However, no data for S . ansulata was available.