Eupithecia convallata Brandt, 1938

Mironov, Vladimir, 2013, New species and checklist of Turkish Eupithecia Curtis (Geometridae: Larentiinae), Zootaxa 3717 (1), pp. 39-52 : 48

Eupithecia convallata Brandt, 1938

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Eupithecia harenosa f. convallata Brandt, 1938 , Ent. Rdsch. 55 (50): 587, pl. 3, figs 283–286. Holotype ♂ (NHRS; examined), [ Iran]: Comèe [Raised to species rank by Vojnits, 1988].

Eupithecia convallata terricolor Vojnits, 1988 , Acta zool. hung. 34 (4): 423, pl. 1, figs 5, 6; text-figs 9–12. Holotype ♂ (coll. Vartian, Vienna), Afgh[anistan]: 10 km NW of Kabul, 1900 m.

Material examined. ♂, Iran, Fars, Straße Ardekan–Talochosroe, Comée, ca 2600 m, 10.vii.1937, coll. Brandt, 83/ 57, coll. RMS, photo 24 A 80, det. A. Vojnits, Vojnits slide no. 18025♂ (holotype, NHRS); 1♀, same locality and altitude, 27.vii.1937, coll. Brandt, coll. RMS, photo 25 A 80, det. A. Vojnits, Vojnits slide no. 18026♀ (paratype, NHRS). 1♂, 1♀, Ö– Türkei, Hakkari, östlich Bagisli, 16–1800 m, 7 and 8.vii.1979, leg. Groß, ex coll. Dr. F. J. Groß, Königsdorf, in Ent. Mus. Ulf Eitschberger, Marktleuthen 1986 (ZSM).

Notes. Originally described from Iran (Brandt 1938), this species is new for the fauna of Turkey. It ranges also to Afghanistan (subsp. terricolor, Vojnits, 1988) and Azerbaijan (Mironov 2001). The male and female genitalia of E. convallata , belonging to the graphata species-group, were described and illustrated in Vojnits (1988) for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Eupithecia species (scale bar = 10 mm). 9 — E. graphata (Treitschke, 1828) (Turkey); 10 — E. albofasciata Staudinger, 1879 (Turkey); 11 — E. antigraphata sp. n. (holotype); 12 — E. furcata Staudinger, 1879 (Turkey); 13 — E. perigraphata sp. n. (holotype, first generation); 14 — E. perigraphata sp. n. (paratype, second generation); 15 — E. convallata Brandt, 1938 (Turkey); 16 — E. siata Brandt, 1938 (Turkey).