Geometra griseata subsp. griseata, Denis & Schiffermuller, Denis & Schiffermuller

Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan, Zootaxa 3105, pp. 1-46 : 20-21

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.279200

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186957

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scientific name

Geometra griseata subsp. griseata
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L. griseata griseata (Denis & Schiffermüller) View in CoL

( Figs. 25, 26 View FIGURES 22 – 26 , 51 View FIGURES 48 – 51 , 52; Map 6)

Geometra griseata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 116 View in CoL . Syntypes 3 Ƥ, ZISP (examined). Type locality: Vienna district, Austria. Phalaena asinata Fabricius, 1794: 184 . Types not traced.

Geometra duplicaria Hübner View in CoL , [1799] 1817: pl. 40, fig. 208. Types not traced. Type locality: Europe. Geometra grisearia Hübner View in CoL , [1799] 1817: pl. 41, fig. 216. Types not traced. Type locality: Europe.

Phalaena incanata Hufnagel, 1767: 604 View in CoL . Types not traced. Berlin region, Germany.

L. griseata gigantea Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937 : (13). syn. nov. Syntypes 3 3, ZFMK; Type locality: Karaj, Iran. Lithostege griseata: Prout, 1914: 172 View in CoL , pl.6d; Viidalepp, 1996: 47; Parsons et al., 1999: 546.

Material examined. Type material: 3 3 ( L. griseata gigantea ): ‘ Iran, Keredj [Karaj], 1400 m, leg. F. Brandt, 1938, Dr. H. Bytinski-Salz’; ‘Cotypus L. griseata gigantea Brandt & Bytinski , = L. griseata griseata ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) det. H. Rajaei’, ‘gen. prep. 1035 and 1057 /2010 H. R.’; coll. ZFMK. Additional material: more than 300 specimens in SMN, ZSM and ZFMK; genitalia preparation from: 1 3: Armenian, Agri-Dagh, Juli 2500 –3000, leg. Kotzsch, gen. prep. 1048/2010 H. R.; 5 3: [ Germany] Naumburg-S. 19.5.43, gen. prep. 1047/2010 H. R.; 1 3: Keredj [Karaj], Iran, 1800 m, Brandt.-B.-Salz. coll. Dr. Wehrli; in ZFMK; 3 Ƥ ( L. griseata griseata ): ‘[ Turkmenistan] Askhabat’, ‘Coll. Great Knjaz Nikolaj Mikhajlovich’, ‘ 3.5.82, 244 griseata Chr. ’; coll. ZISP; 5 3: Austr [ia] inf., Leitzersdorf bei Stockerau, 1.v.1931, A. Ortner [leg.], gen. prep. 1050/2010 H. R.; in SMNK. Preparations of genitalia: 5 3.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 26–29 mm. Moths grey to grey-brown, similar to L. coassata but only the oblique darker submarginal line present, anteriorly reaching the apex. Other transverse bands in medial area of forewing absent ( Figs 25, 26 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Male genitalia ( Figs 51 View FIGURES 48 – 51 , 52) with sclerotised costa of valve short, without a free distal process; harpe rounded at tip, shorter than half of valve length Dorsal arm long and narrow, apically spined, reaching the tip of the valve. The juxta is relatively broad, more or less equal in length and width (in L. farinata distinctly longer and vase-shaped, rather similar to griseata , but distal part longer and narrower in ancyrana , just a little longer, but more distinctly bilobed in palaestinensis ).

Taxonomic note. Bytinski-Salz & Brandt described L. griseata gigantea as a new subspecies especially according to its bigger size (3 32 mm) in comparison to the nominate subspecies (3 26–29 mm). Measuring the wingspan of three paratypes (collected from same locality as holotype) of L. griseata gigantea yielded 27 mm for the male. The transverse band, as the second distinguishing character in the original description, occurs in some specimens of nominate subspecies as well. So we think that the ssp. gigantea cannot be reliably separated from the nominate subspecies. Therefore, both are synonymized here.

Bionomics. Confined to steppe and mountain steppe belt in Georgia ( Didmanidze, 1978), to irrigated land and steppe in Central Asia ( Viidalepp, 1988). Food-plants: Erysimum cheiranthoides (Cruciferae [ Brassicaceae ]) ( Parsons et al., 1999), Descurainia sophia ( Heinicke & Müller, 1976) . Flight-period from end of April to mid of June ( Heinicke & Müller, 1976). Specimens collected at altitudes between 300 and 1400 m.

Additional data on distribution based on literature sources. Parsons et al. (1999) and Prout (1937 – 1939): L. griseata gigantea Bytinski-Salz & Brandt from Karaj (Tehran prov.); Viidalepp (1988): from Kopet-Dagh.

Distribution. From N Spain and Central Europe to Kazakhstan and E Kyrgyzstan and also in N Iran (Karaj) (Map 6).

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

SMNK

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Geometra

Loc

Geometra griseata subsp. griseata

Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan 2011
2011
Loc

Geometra griseata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 : 116

Fabricius 1794: 184
Denis 1775: 116
1775
Loc

Phalaena incanata

Hufnagel 1767: 604
1767
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