Eupithecia satyrata

Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony, 2014, A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3774 (2), pp. 101-130 : 116

Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, [ 1813])

Geometra satyrata Hübner , [ 1813], Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge 5 Geometrae ( 1), taf. 85, fig. 439. Syntype (s) lost, [Europe].

Eupithecia satyrata ab./ var. subatrata Staudinger, 1871 : in Staudinger & Wocke, Catalog der Lepidopteren des Europaeischen Faunengebiets 1: 197. Syntypes, at least 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [ Uzbekistan]: Ferghana; [ Kyrgyzstan]: Alai Mts.; [ China]: Ili region.

Eupithecia rivosulata Dietze, 1875 , Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 36 ( 4–6): 254, taf. 2, fig. 6. Syntypes 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNHU, not traced), [ Russia]: Altai Mts. (treated as var. of E. satyrata in Staudinger & Rebel, 1901).

Eupithecia satyrata var. serenata Staudinger, 1896 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris 8 ( 2): 340. Syntypes 4 ♀ (coll. O. Staudinger, K. Dietze and R. Püngeler in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Tibet; [ Russia]: Altai.

Eup[ithecia] satyrata f. juldusi Dietze, 1910, Biologie der Eupithecien 1, taf. 71, figs 196, 197. Syntypes 6 ♂, 3 ♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Ili region, Juldus [Yining] Mountains.

Eup[ithecia] satyrata f. medionotata Dietze, 1910 , Biologie der Eupithecien 1, taf. 71, figs 206, 207; ibidem ( 1913), 2: 85. Syntypes 6 ♂, 8 ♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ Russia]: Altai Mts., Sajan Mts.

[ Eupithecia ] satyrata f. concolor Dietze, 1913, Biologie der Eupithecien 2: 85. [Unnecessary replacement name for juldusi Dietze].

Eupithecia submelanochroa Vojnits, 1973 , Folia entomologica Hungarica 26 ( 1): 211, figs 1 c, d; 3 c, d. Holotype ♂ ( ZFMK, now in TTM, examined), [ Kyrgyzstan]: Turkestan Oriental, Province Semirechgensee, Fort Narine (synonymised in Mironov, 1991).

Eupithecia mongolica Vojnits, 1974 , Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 20 ( 3–4): 447, figs 1 b, 2 b. Holotype ♂ (TTM, examined), Mongolia: Central aimak, SE from Somon Bajanzogt, 1600 m. New junior synonym.

Eupithecia inculta Vojnits, 1975 , Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 21 ( 3–4): 450, fig. 2. Holotype ♂ (TTM; examined), Mongolia: Central aimak, SE of Somon Bajanzogt, 1600 m (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Misidentifications: Eupithecia aggregata: sensu Vojnits, 1975 ( nec Guenée, [ 1858]); Eupithecia fuscicostata: sensu Vojnits, 1975 ( nec Christoph, 1887).

A widespread and very variable Holarctic species. Specimens which we have seen from Mongolia, which were recorded erroneously as E. aggregata Guenée , E. fuscicostata Christoph ( Vojnits, 1975) , E. rivosulata Dietze ( Viidalepp & Soljanikov, 1977) and E. mongolica Vojnits , are coloured light grey with distinct transverse lines on the wings. The male genitalia of this species are also variable, especially the cornuti on the vesica of aedeagus, as well as the shape of the eighth sternite in the male. Mongolia (aimags): Arkhangai, Tuv, Zavkhan.