L. turkmenica Tsvetajev

(Figs. 20, 70; Map 4)

Lithostege turkmenica Tsvetajev, 1971: 662, text-fig. 3; pl. 1, fig. 1. Holotype 3 and paratypes 4 3, ZISP (examined). Type locality: Repetek (Turkmenistan).

Lithostege turkmenica: Viidalepp, 1996: 47; Parsons et al., 1999: 547.

Material examined. Type material: Holotype 3: ‘Repetek, Turkmenia, A. Tsvetajev, 3.IV.1965 ’, ‘Gen. Prep. No. 2624’, ‘ Holotypus Lithostege turkmenica Tsvet. ’; Paratypes 4 3, same data, 14.IV. [1]966; in ZISP. Additional material: 1 Ƥ: [Uzbekistan] 60 km NW Djingildy, Karakum desert, Haloxylon forest, 21.04.1966, Pastukhov leg., gen. prep. 7649, J.V.; in IZBE.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 20–24 mm. A yellowish-white moth with narrow, elongate wings, rounded termen and acute apex of forewings. The brown, oblique postmedian line consists of separate vein-dots, most clearly so in the posterior half of the wing (Fig. 20). Male genitalia (figured in Tsvetajev 1971) die Arbeit brauche ich heavily sclerotised, harpe a low crest with short curved projection from base reaching behind base of costa. Female genitalia (Fig 70, figured for the first time) with large papillae anales of ovipositor and a membranous bursa without internal spining, with a small anterior diverticulum.

Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in April only. A desert species. Preimaginal stages unknown, but moths were collected in Haloxylon forests in both localities.

Additional data on distribution based on literature sources. Tsvetajev (1971, 1972): Turkmenistan; Falkovitsh (1986): Uzbekistan.

Distribution. SE Turkmenistan and S Uzbekistan (Map 4).

Note. This species is not mentioned in Parsons et al. (1999) and Scoble & Hausmann (2007).

MAP 4. farinata species group-a: L. notata; L. fissurata fissurata; L. fissurata inanis; L. parva; L. turkmenica .