Haderonia sukharevae, Varga, 1974

Varga, Zoltán, Gyulai, Péter, Ronkay, Gábor & Ronkay, László, 2018, Review Of The Species Groups Of The Genus Ctenoceratoda Varga, 1992 With Description Of Four New Species And A New Subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 64 (1), pp. 51-74 : 53

The sukharevae -group

Diagnosis – Relatively large moths with robust body, very long, in male strongly ( sukharevae , oxyptera , juliannae ) or shortly ( longicornis , lukhtanovi , stenocera ) bipectinate antennae and elongate triangular forewings with colourful appearance. The noctuid forewing pattern is complete and regular, in some species sharply expressed ( sukharevae , oxyptera , juliannae ), in others rather faint ( lukhtanovi , stenocera ). Male brush organ reduced.

Male genitalia – uncus mostly short and acute triangular (exceptionally obtuse in lukhtanovi ); valvae with normally developed rounded cucullus and corona without incision, short and broad ampulla (exception: oxyptera ). Saccular processes symmetrical, short and obtuse. Species of this group can be mostly differentiated by the length of pectination of male antennae, by the shape and length of uncus and ampulla but also by the length of the field of fasciculate cornuti on the distal part of the tubular vesica.

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Ctenoceratoda longicornis (Graeser, 1892, Mamestra ), Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 37: 306.Type-locality: [Kirghisia] Kysyl-Yart; [ China, Xinjiang] Kashgar;

Ctenoceratoda sukharevae (Varga, 1974, Haderonia ), Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 66: 301, pl. 7, fig. 7. Type-locality: Mongolia, Bayankhongor aimak, Zhinst Mts;

Haderonia sukharevae excellens (Varga, 1974, Haderonia ), Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 66: 302, pl. 1, figs 7–8.Type-locality: Mongolia, Khövsgöl aimak, Delger Mörön River;

Ctenoceratoda oxyptera Varga, 1992 , Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 38 (1–2): 99, pl. 3, figs 17–18, gen. figs 37–43.Type-locality: Mongolia, Govi Altai aimak, Govi Altai Mts;

Ctenoceratoda juliannae Varga, 1992 , Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 38 (1– 2): 99, pl. 3, fig. 19, gen. figs 33–36. Type-locality: Mongolia, Khovd aimak, Dzhungar Govi, Bulgan sum;

Ctenoceratoda lukhtanovi Varga et Gyulai, 1999 , Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 45 (2): 172, figs 1–2, 23, 41, 50–52, 82. Type-locality: Tadjikistan, Pamir Mts, Muzkol Mts, Ak-Baital Pass;

Ctenoceratoda stenocera Varga et Gyulai, 2002 , Esperiana 9: 230, pl. 20, fig. 16. Type-locality: China, Kunlun Mts, 60 km NW of Xaidullah village.

Bionomics and distribution – A mostly Inner Asiatic species group, typical for extreme cold-continental semi-desert or rupicolous habitats in medium or high altitudes.