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Fig. 11. Isochlora salki GYULAI et RONKAY, 1997, male genitalia Bionomics and distribution - The four known specimens were collected during the same night with portable light traps. The moths were found in the subalpine zone (Figs 7-8), in mid-July, in frosty weather. The new species is the first non-Tibetan member of the species group, it is known from the type locality only, from the Inner Tien Shan Mts, the south- eastern area of the lake Yssyk region, near by the Chinese border (Kyrgyzstan, Yssyk-Köl region). Etymology - The new species is named in honour of ZSOLT BÁLINT (HNHM, Budapest, Hungary), leader of the project Biophot in the HNHM. Acknowledgements - The authors would like to express their thanks to Dr ENDRE ERDŐS, the Honorary Consul of Kyrgyzstan in Hungary, to the team of Edelweiss Travel Company, and to our driver VÁLERIJ MoiSEEVICH KOLMANOVICH. Our special thanks are due to GÁBOR RONKAY for the pictures of genitalia and adults. The expedition was supported by the HNHM via the project Biophot (EV6 Project 12915). REFERENCES CHEN, X.-Y. 1999: Noctuidae. - In: Fauna Sinica, Insecta, Vol. 16. Lepidoptera. Science Press, Beijing, 1596 pp + 68 plates.