Mniotype anilis anilis (Boisduval, 1840)

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 : 13

Mniotype anilis anilis (Boisduval, 1840)

( Figs 41 , 79 , 94 , 115 )

Polia anilis Boisduval, 1840 , Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum 1840: 127 (Type locality: [ France] "Diniae"; "Valesia").

Synonymy: Polia albescens Guenée, 1852 , an unnecessary objective replacement name for Polia anilis Boisduval, 1840 .

Material examined. 1 male, 1 female, Italien, Reg. Lazio, Apennin centr., Prov. Rieti, Mte. Terminillo, 1600–2000 m, 12°30' O, 42°30' N, 20–28.vii.2009, Behounek G. leg. (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 male, Süd Frankreich, Ptes. Alpes l, Bessee' 1100 m, [19]89 M-E Mai, W. Pavlas (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 female, F-Alp.d. Dauphine, Embrun, LF, 1976, M. August, leg. W. Pavlas, coll. A.E. Rau (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 male, 1 female, Alpes maritimes, St. Martin- Vesubie. Schmidt. 22.vii.1925 / Venançon / Coll. Lepidoptera Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Coll. HNHM).

Slides GB 8141m Behounek, AV0789 Volynkin (males); GB8142f Behounek, AV0790 Volynkin (females).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 45–47 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale grey. Ground colour of forewing varies from whitish to pale grey. Medial area shadowed dark grey. M. anilis anilis ( Fig. 41 ) clearly differs externally from the two other European species, M. adusta and M. bathensis , in the very pale whitish colouration of forewings. In male genitalia ( Figs 79 , 94 ): juxta relatively narrow and elongated; costa with robust subapical dorsal lobe; cucullus large, elongated; ampulla short; apical part of carina obtuse, strongly dentate; eversible dorso-lateral bar of carina arises from apical part of carina, relatively short, with small teeth in its proximal and median parts and large teeth in distal part. In female genitalia ( Fig. 115 ): ostium bursae short and relatively narrow; ductus bursae moderately broad and curved; appendix bursae large, strongly sclerotised; corpus bursae relatively narrow, with moderately large signum and short conical anterior projection.

Distribution. European. South Europe: Appenines and Maritime Alps.

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 75 – 80. Mniotype spp., male genitalia: 75, M. bathensis, Russia, Altai Mts, slide AV 0513 Volynkin; 76, M. bathensis, Russian Far East, Kurile Islands, slide AV 0735 Volynkin; 77, M. aulombardi, Taiwan, slide 0 259 Matov; 78, M. aulombardi, Taiwan, slide AV 0786 Volynkin; 79, M. anilis anilis, France, Alpes-Maritimes, slide AV 0789 Volynkin; 80, M. a. sylvatica, France, Corsica, slide AV 0788 Volynkin.

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.