Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 83. (Budapest 1991)

Herczig, B., Ronkay, L. , Bathiev, A. M. , Gizatulin, I. I. , Korolj, T.S. , Tochiev, T. Y. ; Uzahov, D. I.: Contributions to the knowledge of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) fauna of the NE Caucasus II

Euxoa (E.) nigricans (LINNAEUS, 1761) F. Euxoa (E.) cos (HÜBNER, [1823-1824]) F. Euxoa (E.) decora ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) F, A. Euxoa (E.) Ikuruschensis BOURSIN, 1940 F. (Fig. 16) Euxoa (E.) sp. A. - The problem of the decora-kuruschensis-comp\ex is introduced in the first part of our series. We were lucky to collect a good series of specimens of this taxon, which was formerly known by a single male. It occurs sympatrically with a real decora population since the kuruschensis (agreeing with the specimens from the Kurush Dagh) appears in this place in the summer period (end of July-beginning of August). It is not impossible that the dark, kuruschensis-like specimens from Furtoug belong also to this species as the structure of the antennae is exactly the same. The revision of the decora-heringi group is under preparation by Professor Z. VARGA, a more detailed analysis of the NE Caucasus material will be given in his work. A typical specimen of this taxon is illustrated on Fig. 15. Euxoa (E.) recussa (HÜBNER, [1814-1817]) A, F, P. Agrotis clavis (HUFNAGEL, 1766) ssp. A. Agrotis ipsilon (HUFNAGEL, 1766) A, F, T. Agrotis segetum ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) A, F, T Agrotis vestigialis (HUFNAGEL, 1766) B. Dichagyris candelisequa ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) A. Dichagyris musiva (HÜBNER, (1800-1803) A, T Dichagyris flammatra ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) F. Dichagyris forcipula "amasina" (F. WAGNER, 1929) A, - The short series from the Kezenoy-am contains, besides the typical amasina, some specimens which are very similar to the C European, "normal" forcipula. Actebia praecox (LINNAEUS, 1758) F. Ochropleura plecta (LINNAEUS, 1761) F, T. Parexamis taurica STAUDINGER, 1879 A, B. - The specimens of the species, abundant in the NE part of the Caucasus, agree well with the holotype female of taurica. The configuration of the male genitalia of taurica from the Caucasus shows only minute differences as compared with the specimens of pseudosollers (BOURSIN, 1940). We think that the suspicion of BOURSIN about his newly described taxon is correct ("Es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass diese Art, die ich als neu beschreibe, nur eine form der Rh. taurica STGR. ...") and we consider pseudosollers as the western subspecies of taurica (Parexamis tauricapseudosollers BOURSIN, 1940, stat. n.). Protexamis squalida (GUENÉE, 1852) A. Standfussiana lucemea (BOISDUVAL, 1840) ssp. (?n.) A. (Fig. 17) - The collected material consists of four females in relatively good condition. The specimens differ from all the known races by a series of features: the very light and shiny, whitish-grey ground colour with some ochreous and bluish shade, the dark and narrow, moon-shaped reniform (the other markings are diffuse, pale grey). The hind wings are strongly suffused with grey-brown, the milk-white ground colour is restricted to an irregular patch at the inner margin and a narrow stripe at the outer edge; the cilia are clear white. The underside of both wings is clean ochreous-white, the cell of the fore wing, some parts of the postmedial line are darker greyish, the marginal area of the hind wing is scarcely irrorated with grey. This lucemea-population significantly differs from the geographically nearest ones (kuruschicola BOURSIN, 1940, elbursica BOURSIN, 1963) and also from the Balkan races by both the colouration and markings. The most similar populations inhabit C Anatolia (vicinity of Ankara, Cappadocia), but they have also conspicuously darker colouration of both sides. As the collected material contains only females of this taxon, we desist to describe here this, very probably distinct race. Rhyacia (Epipsilia) grisescens (FABRICIUS, 1794) A, F, P. Rhyacia (Rhyacia) lucipeta ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) A Rltyacia (R.) nyctymerides (BANG-HAAS, 1922) A. Rhyacia (R.) simulons (HUFNAGEL, 1766) F, T. Chersotis (Chersotis) multangula (HÜBNER, [1800-1803]) A, F. Chersotis (C.) anatolica (DRAUDT, 1936) A, F. Chersotis (C.) alpestris

ponticola (DRAUDT, 1936) A, F, T. Chersotis (C.) semna (PÜNGELER 1906) A, F. Chersotis (C.) capnistis (LEDERER, 1871) A. - First record of this xerophilous W Palearctic species, distributed locally from Greece to the Ural Mts and Transcaspia, from the Caucasus range. Chersotis (C.) cuprea ([DENIS et SCHIFFERMÛLLER], 1775) A.