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Fibiger, M. ; Ronkay, L.: New Autophila taxa from Sicily and Turkey (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

136 M. Fibiger & L. Ronkay Description: wingspan 40-43 mm, length of fore wings 18.5-19.5 mm. Head and thorax ochreousgrey mixed with brownish-grey hairs, antennae finely ciliate, palpi nearly unicolorous. Fore wing shiny, light ochreous, elements of pattern conspicuous, grey or grey-brown. Basal area wide, ochreous, irrorated with brownish-grey, sinuous, postmedial line conspicuous, strongly waved, defined by a wide, ochreous stripe on outer side. Orbicular spot a small, rounded dot, reniform a dark lunule; median area strongly covered with grey-brown scales, some parts of medial line also visible. Subterminal line sinuous, diffuse but well discernible, dark grey defined with some ochreous, marginal area intensely covered with grey. Terminal line dull yellowish, cilia ochreous, inner part of it spotted with grey. Hind wing bright ochreous, basal and marginal areas suffused with dark greyish-brown; cilia ochreous with some brownish scales. Underside of wings shiny yellowish, darker elements of upper side of fore wing more or less visible as diffuse shadows. Ghost of reniform relatively strong, marginal suffusion wide and dark, grey-brown. Terminal lines and cilia dull yellowish, latter with some greyish spots on fore wings. Male genitalia (Figs 3-5): uncus elongate with pointed apex, strongly curved. Tegumen high and slender, peniculi large, arcuate. Fultura inferior anvil-shaped, vinculum wide, U-shaped. Valvae elongate, wide, apex rounded. Editum triangular and pointed, finely curved and scarcely hairy. Sacculus narrow, folded at base of editum, saccular extension well developed, bilobate, inner lobe large and more or less triangular, ventral lobe small and narrow. Aedeagus cylindrical, distal end beak-shaped, bearing some small teeth. Vesica consists of a large, broad and two smaller diverticles, all of them covered with small, spiculiform cornuti. The new subspecies differs from the nominate iranica with its lighter ochreous ground colour, the more conspicuous ochreous stripes on the outer side of postmedial line and on the hind wing; the darker suffusion of both wings is less intensive. The configuration of the male genitalia of xanthozona is very similar to that of iranica (Figs 6-7), but the saccular extension of the former is more elongate and narrower at its base, the sclerotization of the distal end of aedeagus is less strong. The new subspecies represents the western isolated race of the NW Iranian species which has not been discovered in Turkish Kurdistan and the Eastern part of the Taurus chain on the contrary of the intensive collectings in Turkey in this decade. The discovery of this population was really an interesting finding. Reference RONKAY, L. (1989): Taxonomic studies on the genus Autophila Hübner, 1823. II. - Acta zool hung. 35 (1-2): 111-141. Authors' addresses: Dr. Michael Fibiger DK-4

180 Sora, Molbechsalle 49 Denmark Dr. László Ronkay Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13. Hungary