Drasteria axuana axuana (Püngeler, 1907), axuana (Pungeler, 1907

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 24-25

Drasteria axuana axuana (Püngeler, 1907)

( Figs. 52–54, 57 (imago), 220, 221 (male genitalia), 273 (female genitalia))

Poole, 1989: 327; Benedek, Bálint, 2013: 144 [Province Almaty, Altyn-Emel National Park].

Habitat ( Fig. 298 ). Dry lowlands, deserts and semideserts. Elevation: 200– 700 m.

Distribution. Little known subspecies. Its distribution confined to the river valleys Ili, Charyn, Aksu and Kuldja.

Material examined (in total: 7 specimens). China. 2 ♂, Aksu (lectotype and paralectotype) ( ZMHU) ; 2 ♀, Asia centr., Lob-noor, Rückbeil ( ZMHU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1907, Kucha , leg. M. Berezovsky ( ZISP) . Kazakhstan. 1 ♂, 3.05.2011, Bridge through Ili River 22 km SE of Koktal, Ili River Valley, N 43 58.004 E 79 35.905, 600 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) .

Figures

FIGURES 43–63. Drasteria specimens. 43–51. D. langi obscurata (Staudinger, 1886), Arashan, near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (43–45), Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan (46), Dolon Pass, Kyrgyzstan (47), Koro-Goo Pass, Kyrgyzstan (48), Biresik, Syrdaryinsky Karatau Mts., Kazakhstan (49), Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan (50), Bolshaya Almaatinka valley, Kazakhstan (51). 52–54. D. axuana axuana (Püngeler, 1907), lectotype (52: upperside; 53: underside; 54: labels). 55, 56. D. axuana fumiluna Wiltschire, 1969, holotype (55) and paratype (56). 57. D. axuana axuana (Püngeler, 1907), paratype. 58–63. D. axuana indecora (John, 1910), lectotype (58: upperside; 59: underside; 60: labels), paralectotypes (61, 62), Almaty vic., Kazakhstan (63).

FIGURES 297–304. Drasteria habitats. 297. 25 km N of Panfilov, Dzhungarian Alatau, Kazakhstan (one of the authors in the collecting trip 2010). 298. Ili river valley near Koktal bridge, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan (Russian Entomological Society and Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan collecting trip, 2010). 299. Sands near Dosang environs, Astrakhan Prov., Russia. 300. Saksaul forest near Bakanas, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan. 301. Chulak gorge, foothills of Dzhungarian Alatau Mts. in the Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 302. Ili river shore near Singing Dunes, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 303. Katutau mountains, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 304. Koram environs, northern slopes of Transilian Alatau Mts., Kazakhstan. Photos: S.K. Korb.