Evergestis comealis ( Amsel, 1961 )

Alipanah, Helen, Khodadad, Masoumeh, Rajaei, Hossein & Haseli, Mohammad, 2018, Taxonomic study of the genus Evergestis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) in Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4420 (1), pp. 1-33 : 10-13

Evergestis comealis ( Amsel, 1961) stat. n.

Evergestis caesialis comealis Amsel, 1961: 428 , pl. 7 fig. 242; type locality: Iran, Comé, 2600 m.

Material examined. HMIM: Iran, Alborz Prov.: 1 ♀, Dizin , 17.viii.1973, Ebert leg. , 2 ♀♀, Gachsar, Dizin, 3060 m, 10.–12.viii.1975, Pāzuki, Abāi leg., 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, 6 km E. Āzādbar- Tāleghān Rd. , 2350 m, 21.vii.1988, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg. , 1 ♂, Tāleghān, Kalānak, 1950 m, 26.vi.1994, Ebrāhimi leg.; Āzarbāijān-e Gharbi Prov. : 2 ♀♀, Māku, Sangar vill., N 39˚ 18΄ 37.5˝, E 044˚ 26΄ 8.52˝, 1004 m, 16.ix.2011, Ālipanāh, Falsafi leg. ; Chāhārmahāl va Bakhtiāri Prov.: 1 ♂, Chelgerd , 2500 m, 17, 18.viii.1995, Mirzyāns, Badii leg. , 1 ♀, Shahrekord, Farrokh Shahr, 23.vii.1974, Hāshemi, Zairi leg.; Esfahān Prov.: 1 ♂, Kāshān, Karkas Mt. , 2800 m, 29.vii.1974, Hāshemi, Zairi leg. , 1 ♂, Natanz, Lākaj, 1550 m, 21.–23.ix.1996, Parchami-Arāghi, Barāri leg., 1 ♀, Natanz, Abyāneh, 2200 m, 11.viii.1988, Hāshemi leg., 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Natanz, Tāmeh , N 33˚ 27΄ 43.44˝, E 051˚ 50΄ 52.44˝, 2283 m, 11.viii.2010, Nematiān, Ālipanāh leg. ; Fārs Prov.: 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, Kāmfiruz, Tang-e Bostānak, 1680 m, 29.ix.1996, Barāri, Parchami-Arāghi leg. , 1 ♂, Eghlid, Basirān, 2030 m, 26.–27.ix.1996, Barāri, Moghaddam, Parchami- Arāghi leg., 1 ♂, Sepidān, Mārgoon fall, 2000 m, 14.ix.1998, Mofidi-Neyestānak, Manzari leg.; Ghom Prov.: 1 ♂, Vesf , 2300 m, 5.viii.1988, Hāshemi leg. ; Hormozgān Prov.: one specimen without abdomen, Gohreh , 9.iii.1971, Pāzuki, Āyatollāhi leg. ; Khorāsān-e Razavi Prov.: 1 ♀, N. Binālud Mt. , 1800 m, 11.–12.viii.1993, Ebrāhimi, Badii leg. , 1 ♂, W. Bājgirān, 7 km W. Gharah Chegheh vill., Gharah Chegheh protected area, N 37˚ 39΄ 11.8˝, E 058˚ 14΄ 32.9˝, 2036 m, 21.vi.2013, Ālipanāh, Falsafi leg. ; Khorāsān-e Shomāli Prov.: 2 ♂♂ , Golestān National Park, Ālmeh, 1700 m, 25.vii.2001, Gilasiān, Moghaddam, Ghayurfar leg. ; Kohgiluyeh va Boyerahmad Prov.: 7 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀, Bizhan , 6 km N. Sisakht , Denā Mt. , 2900 m, 19.ix.2001, Gyulai, Garai leg. , 1 ♂, Sisakht, Tangeh-ye Kuh Gol, 2300 m, 9.ix.1991, Ebrāhimi, Badii leg., 1 ♀, Yāsuj, Tang-e Sorkh, 2200 m, 9.ix.1974, Pāzuki, Hāshemi leg.; Kordestān Prov.: 1 ♀, Saghez- Marivān Rd., 30 km S. Saghez , N 36˚ 06΄ 12.6˝, E 46˚ 20΄ 53.6˝, 1474 m, 29.vi.2015, Nāserzādeh, Hājiesmailiān, Montreuil leg. ; Markazi Prov.: 1 ♂, Arāk, Rāhjerd, 1550 m, 1.x.1991, Hāshemi leg. ; Māzandarān Prov.: 1 ♂ Malār , 8.vii.1971, Hāshemi, Zairi leg. , 1 ♀, Rāmsar, 6 km Javāherdeh , N 36˚ 54΄ 29.3˝, 050˚ 35΄ 13.2˝, 554 m, 23.vii.2007, Ālipanāh, Zahiri leg. ; Tehrān Prov.: 1 ♀, Damāvand , 19.vii.1969, Mirzāyāns, Abāi leg. , 1 ♀, Damāvand, Gardlash, Ārou, 2120 m, 29.vii.1988, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg., 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Shahrestānak, Kiākolā fountain, 2400 m, 20.vii.1988, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg., 3 ♀♀, Tār lake , 2700 m, 26.vii.1988, Mirzāyāns, Badii leg. , 1 ♀, Tār lake , 2700 m, 24.viii.1992, Ebrāhimi, Badii leg. , 1 ♀, Shemshak , 2700 m, 11.– 12.viii.1981, Hāshemi leg. , 1 ♀, Evin , 25.viii.1973, Anonymous leg. (GS: HA-2029; HA-2049); SMNK: Paratype ♂, Iran , Fārs, Straβe Ardekan– Talochosroe, Comé, 2600 m, 28.vi.1937, leg. H. G. Amsel , coll. Brandt (ex. coll. H. G. Amsel) (GU. 836); 1 ♂, Iran, Khorassan, Kuh I Binaloud ( Meched ) (an erroneous spelling of Mashhad ), 2500 m, 16.viii.1938, coll. Brandt (ex coll. H. G. Amsel) (GS: HA-2039).

Diagnosis. For main external morphology, see Amsel (1961). They have a distinct variation in the ground color of both fore- and hindwings. Most specimens have brown to yellowish-brown wings both in upper- and underside ( Figs 6C, D ); while few of them are light brown ( Figs 6A, B ). Although E. comealis is very similar to E. caesialis in external view, they differ from each other in some characters of the male genitalia: (1) in E. caesialis uncus is in the shape of elongated triangle laterally ( Fig. 2F ); while in the same view, in all examined specimens of E. comealis , it is slightly expanded and then narrowed distally, with an oblique apex ( Figs 7A, D ); (2) ventral surface of the gnathos in E. caesialis is densely toothed at distal half ( Figs 2G, H ) comparing to being distantly separated in E. comeali s ( Fig. 7D ); (3) E. comealis shows two clusters of cornuti at the distal end of phallus ( Figs 7A, G ) in contrast to one small cluster in E. caesialis ( Figs 2E, I ). Considering the female genitalia, only minor variations in the length of colliculum and the shape of folded area at the posterior end of ductus bursae ( Figs 5A, B, D, E, G, H ) were observed in both species.

Based on direct examination of the E. caesialis and E. caesialis comealis specimens of Amsel's collection and those differences mentioned above, E. caesialis comealis is here raised to the species level, E. comealis . Distribution. Iran (Komehr, Komehr- Kakan Rd.) ( Amsel 1961).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Male genitalia. A–D) Evergestis affinis, Paratype (♂). E–J) E. caesialis. A, E: main body and phallus. B, H: posterior end including uncus and gnathos in lateral (B) and ventral (H) view. C, J: anterior end including juxta and vinculum. D, I: distal end of phallus. F: posterior end including uncus and anal tube. G: posterior end including gnathos and valva.

FIGURE 5. Female genitalia. A, D, G) Evergestis caesialis. B, E, H) E. comealis stat. n. C, F, I) E. shirazalis. A, B, C: main body in lateral view. D, E, F: colliculum and posterior end of ductus bursae. G, H, I: signa.

FIGURE 6. Variation of Evergestis comealis stat. n. adult males in ground color of the wings. A, B) Paratype. C, D) The specimen collected in Khorasan-e Razavi Prov. A, C: upperside. B, D: underside.

FIGURE 7. Male genitalia. A, D, G) Evergestis comealis stat. n. B, E, H) E. shirazalis, Paratype. C, F, I) E. infirmalis. A, B, C: main body and phallus. D, E, F: posterior end including uncus and gnathos in lateral (D, F) and ventral (E) views. G, H, I: distal end of phallus.