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

Volume 69 ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK 2008 pp. 193-199. A new Isochlora Staudinger, 1882 species from Kyrgyzstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae) J. BABICS, T. CSŐVÁRI & L. RONKAY Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: janos.babics@freemail.hu, csovari@nhmus.hu, ronkay@nhmus.hu Abstract - Isochlora balinti sp. n. (Kyrgyzstan) is described. The adults and the genitalia of the Isochlora glaciale (BOURSIN, 1940) species-group are illustrated. With 11 figures. Key words - Isochlora, new species, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan. INTRODUCTION The Isochlora STAUDINGER, 1882 generic complex has long been considered as a moderately large phyletic lineage, comprising about a dozen of species of mostly Inner Asian-Tibetan distribution. The recent exploration of the nocturnal lepidopteran fauna of the Central Asian high mountains and the Tibetan plateau resulted in the discovery of several new taxa (CHEN 1999, HREBLAY et al. 1998, GYULAI & RONKAY 1997, 2001) belonging to this complex. The last comprehensive checklist of the genus was published by GYULAI Sc RONKAY (2006), listing altogether 38 species arranged into three subgenera, Isochlora, Chamyla STAUDINGER, [1900] 1899, and Grumia ALPHÉRAKY, 1892. In that checklist, two species, /. glaciale (BOURSIN, 1940) and /. salki (GYULAI et RONKAY, 1997), were placed into the subgenus Chamyla. The discovery of the third species of this lineage supports distinction of this species group from the other members of Chamyla and the transfer to Isochlora (s. str.), nearby the leuconeura-ossicolor species group. Moreover, the actual grouping of the species of the subgenera