Mniotype krisztina Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexei Yu., Behounek, Gottfried & Han, Hui-Lin, 2014, A review of the Palaearctic Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790) species-group with description of a new species and six new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 3796 (1), pp. 1-32 : 16

Mniotype krisztina Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

( Figs 49, 50 , 85, 86 , 96 , 120 )

Mniotype krisztina Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 , in Hreblay, L. Ronkay & Plante, Esperiana 6: 144, text Figs 153, 158; Taf. J: 109 (Type locality: China, Tibet, 20 km S of Saga, 2 km S of Lodu Loney Tso).

Material examined. 1 male, China - Tibet mer., Nyalam, 3700 m, 2–4.vi.2006, L. Bieber lgt. (Coll. BBT); 1 female, China, North Yunnan, Diqing Tibetan Aut. pref., 5 km SE of Deqin, 3356 m, 16–17.vi.2009, leg. Balázs Benedek (Coll. BBT); 2 males, 1 female, China, Auto. Reg. Xizang, Rikaze, leg. Fasheng Li (Coll. CAU); 1 female, China, Auto. Reg. Xizang, Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Yadong, leg. Fasheng Li (Coll. CAU); 1 male, China, Prov. Yunnan, Deqin, 8.vi.2007, Coll. H.-L. Han (Coll. NEFU); 1 male, China, Xizang, Lasa Dazi, 1.viii.2010, TY Shao, ZH Pan leg. (Coll. NEFU); 1 male, China, Xizang, Linzhi, 81 Townlet, 8.vi.2011, ZH Pan leg. (Coll. NEFU).

Slides hhl-2162-1, hhl-2166-1, hhl-2272-1, hhl-2273-1, hhl-2506-1 Han (males), hhl-2271-2, hhl-2274-2 Han (females).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 44–45 mm. An unmistakable species differing clearly from other taxa of the group in the reddish-brown forewing colouration and well-defined contrasting pattern. The species is easily separated from the rest of the species-group in the presence of small pollex, large and broad cucullus, laterally directed carina with a very long eversible dorso-lateral bar and a very long band of spinules on terminal diverticulum in males, and by the short, almost quadrangular ostium bursae and very broad ductus bursae in the females.

Distribution. Tibetan. West China (Tibetan plateau).

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 50. Mniotype spp. adults: 41, M. anilis anilis, male, Italy, Lazio region (GBG / ZSM); 42, M. anilis sylvatica, male, France, Corsica (GBG / ZSM); 43, M. dubiosa dubiosa, lectotype male, " Mustagata Yarkend " (NKMB); 44, ditto, male, Tajikistan, Pamir Mts (ZISP); 45, ditto, female, SE Kazakhstan (AVB); 46, M. dubiosa amitayus, holotype male, China, Tibet Plateau (PGM); 47, ditto, paratype female, China, Sichuan Prov. (BBT); 48, ditto, paratype male, Bhutan (URK); 49, M. krisztina, male, China, Tibet Plateau (BBT) (Photo by B. Benedek); 50, ditto, female, China, Tibet Plateau (CAU).

FIGURES 81 – 86. Mniotype spp., male genitalia: 81, M. dubiosa dubiosa, lectotype, Muztagh-Ata Mt., slide MB 355 Boursin; 82, M. d. dubiosa, Kyrgyzstan, slide AV 0693 Volynkin; 83, M. d. amitayus, holotype, China, Tibet Plateau, slide 3210 Gyulai; 84, M. d. amitayus, paratype, Bhutan, Prov. Paro, slide AV 1116 Volynkin; 85, M. krisztina, W China, slide hhl- 2162 - 1 Han; 86, M. krisztina, W China, slide hhl- 2272 - 1 Han.

FIGURES 87 – 96. Mniotype spp., male genitalia: carina. 87, M. lama lama, Kyrgyzstan, slide AV 0681 Volynkin; 88, M. adusta adusta, E Kazakhstan, slide AV 0713 Volynkin; 89, M. adjuncta adjuncta, Pakistan, slide AV 0792 Volynkin; 90, M. juldussica, Tajikistan, slide AV 0796 Volynkin; 91, M. kobyakovi, paratype, Altai Mts, slide AV 0744 Volynkin; 92, M. bathensis, Russia, Altai Mts, slide AV 0513 Volynkin; 93, M. aulombardi, Taiwan, slide AV 0786 Volynkin; 94, M. anilis anilis, Italy, Reg. Lazio, slide GB 8141 m Behounek; 95, M. dubiosa dubiosa, E Kazakhstan, slide AV 0680 Volynkin; 96, M. krisztina, China, Tibet, slide hhl- 2506 - 1 Han.

FIGURES 113 – 120. Mniotype spp., female genitalia: 113, M. bathensis, South Siberia, slide AV 0725 Volynkin; 114, M. aulombardi, paratype, Taiwan, slide 8144 f Behounek; 115, M. anilis anilis, France, slide GB 8142 f Behounek; 116, M. a. sylvatica, Corsica, slide AV 0787 Volynkin; 117, M. dubiosa dubiosa, paralectotype, " Mustagata Yarkend ", slide 7659; 118, ditto, SE Kazakhstan, slide AV 0878 Volynkin; 119, M. d. amitayus, paratype, W China, Tibet Plateau, slide AV 0777 Volynkin; 120, M. krisztina, China, Tibet, slide hhl- 2271 - 2 Han.