O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 67. (Budapest, 2006)

Diagnosis - The new species resembles externally mostly to a pale A. laetifica, or a distinctly marked A. cryptica. Autophila turcomana is smaller and more narrow-winged than A. xena and A. xenomima, and the postmedial line is remarkably more sinuous; it is somewhat larger than A. eremochroa with less contrasting forewing markings. The male genitalia show easily recognisable differences when compared with those of the other members of the subfusca line. The specific autapomorphy of A. turcomana (Fig. 19) is the virtually symmetrical, very long, reversed triangular Figs 19-20. 19a-b = Autophila turcomana sp. n.. hololype. Male genitalia. 20a-b = A. subfusca (CHRISTOPH, 1893), Turkmenistan. Male genitalia