Lygephila lusoria lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pekarsky, Oleg, 2013, Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae), ZooKeys 351, pp. 49-81 : 50-52

Lygephila lusoria lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Figs 1-4

Material examined.

1 ♂, Hungary, Pilisszántó, Üdülőtelep, Plachkó u., 18.VI.2007, leg. & coll. O. Pekarsky slide No: OP1953m, 1 ♀, Hungary, Naszály, Sejce, N47°50'304, E019°06'762, 11.VI.2007 leg. & coll. O. Pekarsky, slide No: OP1954f; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Süd-Frankreich, Provence Serres, 4 km südlich Orpierre, 1000 m, 18.07.1999, leg. P. Kuhna, coll. ZFMK, slide Nos: OP2263m, OP2264f; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Crimea, Alushta, Luchistoe, South Demergi Mt., 16.06.2012, leg. V. Savchuk, coll. N. Kaygorodova, slide Nos: OP2052m, OP2053f; 1 ♂, Russia, S Ural, Orenburg Obl., Kuvandyk, 23-24.6.2009, leg. & coll. L. Srnka, slide No: OP2122m.

Diagnosis.

Lygephila lusoria lusoria is the largest representative of the species group. Differ from Lygephila amasina by less contrast wing pattern and not sharp inner corner of the reniform stigmata. Nominotypical subspecies in most cases lager, with more contrast wing pattern comparing with Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae from Spain.

Male genitalia (Figs 25, 39, 40). Uncus stem narrow and relatively long, dilated distally with fine tip, scaphium membranous with sclerotized plate on subscaphium; valva elongated, narrowed at base, apex rather acute; ampulla spine-like, almost straight, not reaching apex of valva, its base asymmetrical. Aedeagus straight, tubular, slightly dilated at carina with heavily sclerotized field on it. Vesica globular, everted forward and recurved laterally; medial part membranous; subbasal diverticulum oblate with heavily sclerotized crest contacting carina; 1st medial diverticulum small; 2nd and 3rd medial diverticula elongated, tube-like, rising from extension of main vesica chamber located opposite to each other; 4th medial diverticulum on opposite side topped with large, rounded, plate-like cornutus with two teeth; 1st terminal diverticulum tapered with large basal swelling; 2nd terminal diverticulum tapered, bordering 2nd medial diverticula, bearing three small pockets; terminal tube membranous with weak scobination at end near gonopore (starting point of ductus ejaculatorius), opening point of terminal tube located at base of medial part of vesica near carina. Female genitalia (Figs 76, 77). Ovipositor relatively short, broad; papillae anales hairy with long setae on apical edges. Apophyses anteriores slender, apophyses posteriores thin with acute tips, longer than apophyses anteriores. Antrum tapering, ostium bursae broad with acute lateral edges, posterior margin incised producing shallow triangular cleft with almost straight margins; ductus bursae large, wide with coarse well-sclerotized wrinkles laterally. Appendix bursae small with ductus seminalis located near ductus bursae. Corpus bursae membranous, large, ellipsoidal.

Distribution.

West Palearctic. In Europe it ranges from Spain to Bulgaria, from Ukraine to south Russia and western Kazakhstan (Uralsk). All earlier records for Asia Minor refer to Lygephila amasina , whereas the records from north Caucasus and Transcaucasia belong to Lygephila minima sp. n.