Harutaeographa cinerea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998

Benedek, Balazs, Saldaitis, Aidas & Rimsaite, Jolanta, 2012, Taxonomic and faunistic studies on the genus Harutaeographa (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Orthosiini) with description of a new species, ZooKeys 242, pp. 51-67 : 54-55

Harutaeographa cinerea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Figs 1, 21426

Material examined.

long series of both sexes from the following localities: West-Nepal, Bheri, Dailekh area, 11 km N of Dailekh, 2380 m, 24-25.i.2011, West-Nepal, Bheri, Dailekh area, 13 km N of Dailekh, 2425 m, 26-27.i.2011, West-Nepal, Bheri, Dailekh area, 12 km N of Dailekh, 2600 m, 29.i.2011, West-Nepal, Bheri, Dailekh area, 11 km N of Dailekh, 2380 m, 30-31.i.2011, Nepal, Janakpur, Dolakha area, Thulopatal district, Salle village, 2250-2400 m, 5-8.ii.2011, leg. Balázs Benedek, in the collection of BBT.

Note.

Little information has been available for this species due to insufficient collecting during its very early flight period ( Hreblay and Ronkay 1998; Hreblay and Ronkay 1999). At the end of January–beginning of February in 2011 Harutaeographa cinerea was one of the most frequently encountered noctuid species at light and sugar ropes at elevations between 2300-2600 m and is presumably widespread in Nepa l.