Drasteria sinuosa sinuosa (Staudinger, 1884)

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 : 71

Drasteria sinuosa sinuosa (Staudinger, 1884)

( Map 25 ) ( Figs. 193–198 (imago), 262, 263 (male genitalia), 292 (female genitalia))

Staudinger, 1894: 146; pl. 9, Fig. 5 ( Leucanitis Sinuosa ). Type locality: “bei Askhabad” (by the original description); “Askhabad” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 193–195 ), labelled: “Askhabad” (white paper, printed), “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “ex coll. 2/3 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis | sinuosa (Staudinger, 1884) | Mém. Lépid. 1: 146, pl. 9, f. 5 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotypes: 1 male, 1 female ( ZMHU) .

John, 1910: 618 [Dshulek, Baigakum, Perovsk; Daricheva, 1965: 57 [Krasnovodsk; Molla-Kara; Chardzhou; Repetek; Tashkepri]; Stshetkin, 1965: 167 [Kara-Dum sands]; Sukhareva, 1972: 62 [Ayakguzhumdy, Zhamansai, Ayakagytma]; Daricheva et al., 1983: 38 [Lambe]; Poole, 1989: 330; Lehmann et al., 1998: 526 [Alma-Ata area, Ili river, Taschkarasu, 450m]; Poltavsky et al., 1998: 108 [Krasnovodsk, Tschardzhou, Nebit-Dagh, Repetek, Kizyl-Arvat, Yaskhan, Badkhyz, Tshilmamed-Kum]; Ivinskis, Miatleuski, 1999: 204 [Askhabad]; Gorbunov, 2011: 57 [South Mangyshlak: Sauty]; Shovkoon, Trofimova, 2016: 607 [Atyrau Prov., Ryn-sands, N 48°27’; E 51°18’].

Habitat ( Figs. 300, 303 ). Deserts, semideserts, steppes. Elevation: 200–1000 m.

Distribution. Deserts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and North Iran. It is possible that this species occur also South-Western limits of Russia in the Astrakhan Province.

Material examined (in total: 353 specimens). Iran. 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 15– 29.05.1955, Beluchistan, Zakhedan , leg. Schteinberg ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 23.06.1963, W. Jussufabad , leg. Kasy and Vartian ( HNHM) . Kazakhstan. 1 ♀, 9.05.1908, Syr-Darja, St. Baigakum , leg. Malyschew ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 21.06.1908, Baigacum , leg. Androsow ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 24.06.1911, Arkyr , leg. Molchanov ( ZISP) ; 21 ♂, 26 ♀, 4.05– 6.07.1909, Syr-Darja , Aj-Darle, leg. Koshan- tshikoff ( ZISP) ; 5 ♂, 4 ♀, 7.07.1910, 10.06– 18.07.1911, Syr-Daria, Baigacum , leg. Koshantschikoff ( ZISP) ; 10 ♂, 4 ♀, 1– 25.07.1910, Syr-Darja, Dshulek , leg. Koshantshikoff ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 05.1926, Kzyl-Orda , leg. K. Ruzaev ( ZISP) . Tadjikistan. 1 ♀, 1.07.[?], Khermendzhau, leg. unknown ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 4.05.1965, Dzhar-Kurgan , leg. А. Zvetaev ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1.06.1969, same locality, leg. Chikunov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 18.05.1974, Tigrovaya Balka , leg. Pra- solov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 8.07.2010, SW Tajikistan, 15 km SE Shaartuz, sands, 300 m, between Dzharkurgan and Kurd- zhalol, leg. O. Pak ( OPB) . Turkmenistan. 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Askhabad (lectotype and paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Askhabad (lectotype and paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) ; 1 ♂, Krasnovodsk , stony screes, leg. Ryabov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 05.[?], Transc., Tedshen , leg. M. Bartel, ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 5 ♀, 05.1884, Askhabat , leg. Komarov ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 28.04.1906, Transcaspian Prov., Tash-Kipri , leg. Demokidov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 18.08.1906, Askhabad , leg. A. Meinhardt ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 6.06.1910, sands, right shore, Kulasha valley , leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 7.06.[1910], Uzun-Ata , forest, leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 13.06.[1910], Moya-Kum valley , leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 6.07.1910, Borly-Kul valley , leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 25.07.1913, Repetek , leg. Golbeck ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 19.07.1917, Askhabad , leg. G. Tottien, ex coll. Dyakonov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 26.06.1919, 3 ♂, 10 ♀, 12.07– 22.08.1953, 30.05– 2.07.1954, sands near Askhabad , leg. Potopolsky ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 26.05.1928, Askhabad , leg. Gusakovsky ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 23.06.1930, S. Turkme- nia, Takhta-Bazar , leg. V. Popov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 14.07. 1930, 180 km S Merv, Sary-Chon , leg. V. Popov ( ZISP) ; 5 ♀, 8– 19.08.1933, Molla-Kara E of Krasnovodsk, leg. Vlasov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 9.07.1934, Dzhebel , leg. V. Popov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 06.1946, Repetek , SE Kyzyl-Kum desert, leg. F.Danko ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, 26– 28.05.1952, Repetek , leg. Goryshina ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 7.07.1952, Kizil-Arvat , leg. V. Kusnetzov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 11.04.1953, same locality, leg. Schteinberg ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 9.05.1953, same locality, leg. I. Asrokinov ( ZISP) ; 28 ♂, 18 ♀, 30.05– 3.07.1953, 40 km N Kizil-Arvat, Kara-Bogaz , leg. Maslennikova ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 6.06.1953, North Kara-Kum, Shasenem , leg. Kiryakova ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, 7.07.1953, Kopet-Dagh, Kisil-Arvat valley , leg. Steblov ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♂, 9.07.1953, Kelif , leg. Bundel ( ZISP) ; 6 ♂, 15 ♀, 4– 13.07.1954, 13.05.1955, Aschabad circ., leg. W. Potopolskij ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 16.05.1955, Aschabad circ, Tschuli , leg. W. Potopolskij ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 22.05– 15.08.1962, Tedzhen, Sovkhoz 40 Let VLKSM, leg. Gullyev ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 30.05.1965, 70 km NW Chardzhou, Ispas , leg. Falkovitch ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.05.1981, 19.07– 10.08.1983, same locality, leg. Krivokhatsky ( ZISP) . Uzbekistan. 1 ♂, 28.04.[?], 135 verst from Charzhui , up on Amu-Darya, leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 5.05.[?], Chardzhui , leg. Reinskampf ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 7.05.1910, Bukhara, Kelif on Amu-Darya , leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 31.07.1910, Kara-Kalpakia, Novy Urgench , leg. E.N. Fisher ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 1911, Bukhara , leg. А. Golbeck ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 4– 10.05.1911, Buchara occ., ad lac. Dengiz- Kul, kischlak Assia, leg. unknown ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10.05.1911, Buchara occ., ad lac Dengiz-Kul , mn. Saman ‘ Arena’, leg. unknown ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 7.06.1911, Petro-Alexandrovsk , leg. Molchanov ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 21.04– 1.08.1912, Buchara mer., Termez , leg. Kiritshenko ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 25.06.1912, Termez, Uch-Kuduk , leg. А. Kirichenko ( ZISP) ; 9 ♂, 4 ♀, 30.04–07.1913, Chardzhui on Amu-Darya , leg. Samokish ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 21– 23.06.1927, Khiva, Ravat , leg. L. Zimin ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 26.06– 21.08.1927, same locality, leg. L. Zimin ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 25.06.1927, Bukhara , leg. Yakhontov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 25– 29.07.1927, same locality, leg. V. Gussakovsky ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 23.05.1928, Buchara, Chargush , leg. A. Gerasimov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 31.07.1929, Chiva, Urgenč , leg. A. Gerasimov ( ZISP) ; 11 ♂, 13 ♀, 4.08.1958, Ferghana Prov., Kokand, Buvaida settlement, leg. A.V. Zvetaev ( ZMMU) ; 1 ♀, 13.05.1964, Dzhar-Kurgan , leg. A.V. Zvetaev ( ZMMU) ; 12 ♂, 27 ♀, 29.04– 18.06.1965, 15.05– 7.10.1969, 27.04– 12.08.1970, 8.05.1975, Kyzyl-Kum desert, 40 km E Dzhing., Ayakguzhumdy , leg. Falkovitch ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 12.05.1965, Kyzyl- kum, Bukantau Mts. , leg. Falkovich ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 18– 29.05.1965, same locality, leg. Pastukhov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 7 ♀, 28.05– 4.06.1965, same locality, leg. Zabello ( ZISP) .

Figures

MAP 25. Distribution map of Drasteria sinuosa (Staudinger, 1884).

FIGURES 187–207. Drasteria specimens. 187–189. D. flexuosa caspica (Staudinger, 1901), lectotype (187: upperside; 188: underside; 189: labels). 190–192. D. flexuosa (Ménétriés, 1847), Topar, Kazakhstan (190), Koktal bridge, Kazakhstan (191), Aksuat, Kazakhstan (192). 193–198. D. sinuosa (Staudinger, 1884), lectotype (193: upperside; 194: underside; 195: labels), Jussufabad, Iran (196–198). 199–201. Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892), lectotype of albofasciata John, 1917 (199: upperside; 200: underside; 201: labels). 202–207. D. mongoliensis Wiltshire, 1969, holotype (202: upperside; 203: labels), paratype (204), Bulagan Aimak, Mongolia (205–207).

FIGURES 1–21. Drasteria specimens. 1–3. D. cailino obscura (Staudinger, 1901), lectotype (1: upperside; 2: underside; 3: labels). 4–12. D. cailino baigakumensis (John, 1917), lectotype (4: upperside; 5: underside; 6: labels), Almaty vicinity, Kazakhstan (7), paralectotypes (8, 9), Tekes, Turkmenistan (10); Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11); Padkhinov vill., Tajikistan (12). 13–17. D. sculpta sculpta (Püngeler, 1904), lectotype (13: upperside; 14: underside; 15: labels), Almaty, Kazakhstan (16), paralectotype (17). 18–21. D. sculpta pamira (John, 1921), Pakistan (18), lectotype (19: upperside; 20: underside; 21: labels).

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.