Lithostege ancyrana, Prout

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 : 19

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186953

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63187EF-FFD1-FFC5-BF93-337DFCBDF955

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scientific name

Lithostege ancyrana
status

 

L. ancyrana Prout View in CoL

( Figs. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 26 , 49 View FIGURES 48 – 51 ; Map 5)

Lithostege ancyrana Prout, 1938: 239 View in CoL , pl. 6: i. Holotype 3, paratype 3, BMNH (examined). Type locality: Ankara ( Turkey). Lithostege ancyrana: Viidalepp, 1996: 47 View in CoL ; Parsons et al., 1999: 545.

Material examined. Type material: Holotype and paratype (both 3); ‘ Turkey, Angora [Ankara] 1930 Sureya Bay’, ‘ Lithostege ancyrana male Prout type; Geom 1937–316’, ‘Pres. Imp. Inst. Ent. Brit. Mus. 1933–172’; in BMNH. Additional material: 7 3, 11 Ƥ: 1 3, 4 Ƥ: Türkei, Konya, Taurus, Aladag, 25.5.1986, 1000m, leg. P. Kuhna; 5 3, 3 Ƥ, preps Ƥ 1627, 3 1629/2011 H. R.: same data, 30.5.1975, preps 3 1625, 1626, /2011 H. R.; 2 Ƥ: Türkei, Taurus, Aladag, Göksu-tal, 30.5.1976, leg. P. Kuhna, gen. prep. 3 1628/2011 H. R.; 2 Ƥ: Ost-Türkei, Gürün, 1400m, 11.6.1985, leg. P. Kuhna, gen. prep. 1607/2010 H. R.; all in ZFMK. 1 3: Asia Min., Gürün, 19.-30. Juni 1976, leg. Friedel, gen. prep. 1013/2010 H. R.; in ZSM. Preparations of genitalia: 5 3, 2 Ƥ.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 24–26 mm, in general smaller than the externally similar L. farinata which also occurs in Turkey. Forewings a little narrower than those of farinata , greyish white, without discal dot, grey underneath, with the basal and central area brown. Hindwings on upper- and underside like forewings ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 48 – 51 ) similar to those in L. griseata griseata , with short sclerotized costa with weakly marked distal tip (not a free process like in farinata and coassata ), differing in the much larger harpe with a pointed, tooth-like apex and the longer dorsal arm.Juxta in L. ancyrana vase-shaped, nearly two times longer than in L. griseata griseata . Saccus much shorter than in farinata , but longer compared to griseata ; aedaegous longer and more distinctly curved compared to griseata ( Figs 47 View FIGURES 45 – 47 –53).

Bionomics. Collected in May and June at 1400m.

Distribution. Turkey (Map 5). May also occur in W. Iran.

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Lithostege

Loc

Lithostege ancyrana

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

Lithostege ancyrana:

Viidalepp 1996: 47
1996
Loc

Lithostege ancyrana

Prout 1938: 239
1938
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