Orthosia (Orthosia) picata (Bang-Haas, 1912)

Volynkin, Anton V. & Titov, Sergey V., 2014, A new species of Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816 from North-East Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 3753 (5), pp. 494-500 : 495

Orthosia (Orthosia) picata (Bang-Haas, 1912)

( Figs 5–7 , 13, 14 , 18 )

Taeniocampa incerta forma picata Bang-Haas, 1912 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 26: 156 (Type locality: [ China, Xinjiang, SE Tien Shan Mts.] “Karagai-tau”).

Taeniocampa incerta var. pallida Staudinger, 1888 , nec. Haworth, 1809 (Type locality: [ China, Xinjiang] Kuldja) Taeniocampa incerta var. pallidior Staudinger, 1901 , nec. Staudinger, 1888 (Type locality: Fergana; Issyk-Kul).

Material examined. 1 male, [SE Kazakhstan] Alma-Ata, 5.v. [19]37, I.N. Filipjev (Coll. AVB); 2 females, SE Kazakhstan, 30 km NW Bakanas, Ili river valley, h= 380 m, 44°52'47.11"N, 75°57'41.26"E., Egorov P.V. leg. (Coll. AVB); 5 males, 5 females, 05–08.v.2012, W Mongolia, Hovd aimak, Dzhungarian Gobi, 46 km S Altai somon, Bodonchijn-Gol river valley, h= 1270 m, 45˚46’ N, 92˚10’ E., Yakovlev R.V. leg. (Coll. AVB); 1 male, 0 7.06.2011 SW Mongolia, Hovd aimak, 30 km S Altai somon, Bodonchijn-Gol river valley (under stream), Elkhony-Ekhen-Tal place, h= 1200 m, 45°43’ N; 92°05’ E. Yakovlev R.V. leg. (Coll. AVB). Slides AV0684, AV0850, AV0854, AV0855 Volynkin (males), AV0849, AV0851, AV0852 Volynkin (females).

Distribution. Tien Shan Mts., Pamir-Alai Mt. system, NW China, SW Mongolia. The species is reported here from Mongolia for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Orthosia spp., adults. 1, O. ronkayorum, holotype male, NE Kazakhstan (ZISP); 2, O. ronkayorum, paratype male, same locality (AVB); 3, O. ronkayorum, paratype male, same locality (AVB); 4, O. ronkayorum, paratype female, same locality (AVB); 5, O. picata, male, SE Kazakhstan (AVB); 6, O. picata, male, SW Mongolia (AVB); 7, O. picata, male, SW Mongolia (AVB); 8, O. ariuna, paratype male, Mongolia, Bulgan aimak (HNHM); 9, O. incerta, male, Russia, Altai Mts. (AVB); 10, O. incerta, female, Slovenia (AVB).

FIGURES 11 – 14. Orthosia spp., male genitalia. 11, O. ronkayorum, holotype, slide AV 0855 Volynkin; 12, O. ronkayorum, paratype, slide AV 0845 Volynkin; 13, O. picata, SE Kazakhstan, Almaty, slide AV 0854 Volynkin; 14, O. picata, SW Mongolia, Hovd aimak, slide AV 0684 Volynkin.

FIGURES 15 – 20. Orthosia spp., male and female genitalia. 15, O. ariuna, male genitalia, paratype, Mongolia (photo by V. S. Kononenko); 16, O. incerta, male genitalia, Russia, Altai Mts., slide AV 0342 Volynkin; 17, O. ronkayorum, female genitalia, paratype, slide AV 0846 Volynkin; 18, O. picata, female genitalia, SE Kazakhstan, Bakanas, slide AV 0852 Volynkin; 19, O. ariuna, female genitalia, paratype, Mongolia (photo by V. S. Kononenko); 20, O. incerta, female genitalia, Slovenia, Kamnik, slide AV 0860 Volynkin;