O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 69. (Budapest, 2008)

Description - Male (Figs 1-4). Wingspan 35-38 mm, length of fore wing 17-20 mm. Head and thorax olive-greyish with whitish and dark grey hairs. Palpi short, slender; antenna dark brownish grey, strongly bipectinate. Fore wing elongated, apex pointed, outer margin finely concave below apex. Ground colour dark olive-grey with variably strong greyish irroration, weakest in marginal field. Wing pattern well-discernible; antemedial and postmedial crosslines dark olive-brown, broad but diffuse, stripe-like, slightly sinuous; subterminal line deleted; reniform stigma small, greyish white; veins cov­ered by darker grey scales. Terminal line more or less distinct, dark greyish-brown; cilia greyish-ochreous, conspicuously paler than ground colour. Hind wing dark brownish grey, veins darker grey, transverse line and discal spot present but diffuse, poorly visible. Ter­minal line dark greyish-brown; cilia much paler greyish-ochreous. Underside of wings pale whitish-grey, hind wing lighter, inner area of fore wing, traces of discal spots and transverse lines present but diffuse. Female unknown. Figs 1-4. Isochlora balinti sp. n., Kyrgyzstan, Yssyk-Köl region. 1-3 = Paratypes, 4 = Holotype

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