Xenophysa vargai Hacker, 1998

Varga, Zoltán, 2011, Revision of the genus Xenophysa Boursin, 1969 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 3094, pp. 1-29 : 8

Xenophysa vargai Hacker, 1998

Xenophysa vargai Hacker, 1998 , Esperiana 6: 477.

Type material. Holotype: male, “Kirghizstan, Terskei Alatau, Tal des Ukjok, 2400 m, 14. VII. 1994.“ (name of collector and deposition of the holotype are not mentioned in the original description).

Taxonomic notes. This species was described based on a single male in poor condition. It has some external similarity with X. agnostica but with a longitudinal wash on the forewings. The male genitalia of the species differ from those of most other species by the very thick, anchor-shaped uncus with a short bilateral hook and short crossshaped extensions; the small and rounded bilateral lobes of tegumen; and a large, rounded and finely dentate humplike costal extension. The female is unknown. It seems to be the closest relative to the following species, according to the thick uncus and the dentate costal extension.