Eudiaphora turensis kopetdaghica Dubatolov, 2004

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Kondakov, Alexander V., Tomilova, Alena A. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2019, A new species and new subspecies of Eudiaphora Dubatolov, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Tien-Shan and Pamir ranges, Ecologica Montenegrina 22, pp. 97-107 : 100

Eudiaphora turensis kopetdaghica Dubatolov, 2004

Type. Holotype male in the Siberian Zoological Museum of the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology , Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia).

Type locality. Southern Turkmenistan, Central Kopet Dag Range, 15 km W of Firjuza town, Dushak Mountain, near meteorological station, altitude 2150 m .

Differential diagnosis. This subspecies could be distinguished from the other taxa in the genus by combination of the following characters: wing coloration dark brown; narrow postdiscal band on the forewing is clearly separated from the veins M3 and CuA bifurcation near the apex of the central cell; length of the narrow distal part of valva is shorter than the length of its broad proximal part.

Distribution. Putative endemic lineage to the Kopet Dag Range, southern Turkmenistan.