Eudiaphora turensis kuhitangica 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 kuhitangica 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. Southeastern Turkmenistan, Koytendag Range , Koytendag Nature Reserve, foothill of the Aýrybaba Mountain, plateau with Juniperus polycarpos var. seravschanica (Kom.) Kitam. , altitude 2800 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; postdiscal band is two times wider than that in E. turensis kopetdaghica but less contrast; this band is located just near the veins M3 and CuA bifurcation close to the apex of the central cell; length of the narrow distal part of valva is not shorter that the length of its broad proximal part.

Distribution. Putative endemic lineage to the Koytendag Range, southeastern Turkmenistan.