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vinculum medium-long, quadrangular. Valvae with processi almost symmetrical; elongated, distally rounded, narrowed towards base by inward curvature of costa; sacculus long, narrow, sclerotised, with short medial crest at base of editum. Basal ampullar process (cditum) long, narrow triangular with pointed apex, apical process of ampulla-harpe complex large, elongated and medially slightly folded, its apical section enlarged forming triangular plate. Aedeagus tubular, slightly constricted at middle; sinus penis rounded, ventral edge of carina penis rather beak-shaped, with a few minute teeth at middle. Vesica everted dorsally, consists of six diverticula, three smaller ones (a subbasal and two subapical) and the large posterior diverticulum covered with a large number of fine, pointed teeth. Bionomics - Poorly known. The unique type specimen is supposedly freshly emerged, collected at the middle of May at a rather low altitude of the KugitangTau Mts, this period is the beginning of the summer in that area. The moth was found, together with some hundreds of specimens of A. asiatica (STAUDINGER, 1888) and A. cerealis amseli DRAUDT, 1936 inside a large shed-like house during the day. Nothing is known about the early stages and the larval food plant. Distribution - The species is known from the Kugitang-Tau Mts, eastern Turkmenistan. Autophila asiatica megasiatica ssp. n. (Figs 7, 8, 32-33) Type material - Holotype: male, "Pakistan, Himalaya Mts, Kaghan valley, Saiful Muluk, 3110 m, 73°42'E, 34°54'N, 24.VIII.1997, leg. Gy. Fabian & G. Ronkay" (coll. G. RONKAY, deposited in the HNHM, Budapest). Paratypes. Pakistan: a series of specimens from the following localities: "Himalaya Mts, Kaghan valley, Saiful Muluk, 3110 m, 73°42'E, 34°54'N, 24.Vin.1997, leg. Gy. Fábián & G. Ronkay"; "Himalaya Mts, Kaghan valley, 12 km E of Naran, Battakundi, 3200 m, 73°40'E, 34°57'N, 26.VH. 1994, leg. B. Herczig, Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay"; "Himalaya Mts, Kaghan valley, 30 km S of Babusar Pass, 3500 m, 73°51'E, 35°02'N, 27.VII.1994, leg. B. Herczig, Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay" (coll. HNHM, Budapest, G. Ronkay); "Karakoram Mts, Naltar valley, 5 km E of Naltar village, 2300 m, 19. IV. 1999, leg. B. Benedek & A. Szabó"; "15 km SE of Karimabad, at Hopar glacier, 2700m, 74°46'E, 36° 1 l'N, 14.VI.1992, leg. M. Hreblay &G. Csorba"; "5 kmEof Chorit, 2400 m, 74°46'E, 35°14'N, 2.VI.1992, leg. M. Hreblay & G. Csorba"; "5 km S of Rattu, 2550 m, 74°48'E, 35°06'N, 3-4.VI. 1992, leg. M. Hreblay & G. Csorba" (coll. HNHM, Budapest). Slide Nos RL4552, RL8547 (males), RL8544, RL8548 (females). Diagnosis - The Pakistani populations differ for the first sight from the other known A. asiatica populations by their very large size and broad wings (wingspan 37^-5 mm, length of forewing 17-20 mm): the small specimens of A. asiatica megasiatica are as large or even slightly larger than the largest examples of the other Asian A. asiatica and the majority of the known specimens (more than 30 moths) are larger than 40 mm. The forewing pattern is generally less conspicuous than in the nominotypical A. asiatica asiatica (see Figs 7-10). It is important to
