Margelana pamirica Sukhareva, 1970

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Margelana pamirica Sukhareva, 1970

( Figs 11, 12 , 27, 28 )

Margelana pamirica Sukhareva, 1970 , Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obschestva [Proceedings of the All-Union Entomological Society], 61: 123 (Type locality: [ Tajikistan] Pamir , Khorog, Botanical Garden).

Type material examined. Photographs of the holotype ( Figs 12 , 28 ): “[ Tajikistan] Pamir, Chorog [Khorog] | Hortus Botan. | 2340m; 5/XI/1962 | M.L. Zapryagaev [leg.]” / “Collection of | A.A. Bundel” [in Russian] / red label “ Holotypus Margelana | pamirica Sukh. ” ( ZISP).

Additional material examined. KYRGYZSTAN: 4 males, 30.IX.2012, Kyrgyzstan , MoldoToo Range, 10 km NW of Kok-Zhar, 41°32'13''N 74°45'47''E, 2070m, local collector leg. ( CAV) .

Distribution. Tajikistan (Pamir Mts) and Kyrgyzstan. The species is herein reported from Kyrgyzstan for the first time.

Descriptions of new species

Figures

Figures 11–16. Noctuidae: adults. 11, Margelana pamirica, Kyrgyzstan, Moldo Too Range (CAV); 12, ditto, Tajikistan, Pamir Mts (ZISP); 13, 14: Pseudohadena moldotoo sp. n., Kyrgyzstan, Moldo Too Range (CAV); 15, Pseudohadena leucochlora, HT, Turkmenistan (JSL, after Ronkay et al. (2002)); 16, Pseudohadena pseudamoena, PT, Armenia (NMW, after Pekarsky (2012)).

Figures 25–28. Male and female genitalia of Amphipyra alpherakii (25 and 26, respectively), and male genitalia of Margelana pamirica (27 and 28). Depositories of the specimens dissected: 25 and 26 in STP; 27 in CAV; 28 in ZISP (photo by A. Matov).