Protarchanara brevilinea brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexej Yu., Gyulai, Péter & Behounek, Gottfried, 2014, A revision of the genus Protarchanara Beck, 1999 with description of a new genus and three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), Zootaxa 3755 (2), pp. 165-178 : 170-171

Protarchanara brevilinea brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)

( Figs 23–26 , 44, 51 )

Nonagria brevilinea Fenn, 1864 , Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 1: 107 (Type locality: England, Norfolk). Arenostola brevilinea subsp. manteufeli Pfau, 1955 (TL: NE Germany, Wolgast).

Material examined. 2 males, 2 females, [ England] Anglia, Norfolk, Coll. Great Prince Nikolaj Mikhajlovich (Coll. ZISP); 1 male, [SE Kazakhstan], Pribalkhashie, Topar, 8–10.vii.1986, leg. A. Kondratiev, prep. 1816a Nekrasov, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (Coll. ZISP); 1 female, [ Ukraine, Crimea] Kerch, 10.vii.1918 [leg. Kirichenko] (Coll. ZISP); 6 males, [ Russia, W Siberia] Novosibirsk area, Krotovaya Lyaga lake, 13 km SW Karasuk, 250 m, 11–20.viii.1990, leg. V. Dubatolov & L. Ronkay (Coll. SZMN); 3 females, Germany, Harkensee MV, 12.viii.1997, Klempes, Klempan (Coll. PGM); 1 female, (?The Nederlands) Southwuld, 2.viii.1959. leg. R. P. Demuth (Coll. PGM); 1 female, W Kasakhstan, Batkul lake, 15–31.vii.1994, leg. Miatleuski (Coll. PGM); 1 male, Romania, Dobrogea, prov. Tulcea, 13–14.vi.2012, Cetatea Enisala, leg. P. Gyulai, A. Garai & L. Székely (Coll. PGM). Slides 3169 Gyulai (male), AV0753 Volynkin (female), glyc. preparates Volynkin (male and female).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 32–36 mm, length of forewing 14–16 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown or greyish-brown. Forewing pale brown or greyish-brown. Noctuoid pattern reduced. Reniform present as a grey suffusion. Crosslines reduced to dots on veins. Subterminal and terminal areas somewhat darkened. Veins on the terminal and subterminal areas pale. Hindwing grayish-brown, basally paler.

Distribution. Western Europe, Eastern Europe (Dobrogea in SE Romania), Northern Caucasus, South European part of Russia, Ural, West Siberia, East Kazakhstan. Occurs in hygrophilous biotopes (mostly lakes and sea shores) were Phragmites australis – larval foodplant – grow.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 30. Protarchanara spp., adults. 21, P. mythimnoida, paratype male, SE Kazakhstan (PGM); 22, P. mythimnoida, paratype female, SE Kazakhstan (PGM); 23, P. brevilinea brevilinea, male, England, Norfolk (ZISP); 24, P. brevilinea brevilinea, male, W. Siberia, Novosibirsk area (HNHM) (photo by V. S. Kononenko); 25, P. brevilinea brevilinea, female, W. Kazakhstan (PGM); 26, P. brevilinea brevilinea, female, England (HNHM); 27, P. brevilinea impudica, lectotype male (NKMB); 28, P. brevilinea impudica, paralectotype female (NKMB); 29, P. brevilinea impudica, male, Russian Far East, Amur (ZISP); 30, P. brevilinea impudica, male, Russian Far East, South Primorye (ZISP).

FIGURES 43 – 52. Hydredes and Protarchanara spp., male (Figs 43 – 46) and female (Figs 47 – 52) genitalia. 43, P. mythimnoida, paratype, SE Kazakhstan, slide 6755 m Z. Varga; 44, P. brevilinea brevilinea, W Siberia, prep Volynkin; 45, P. brevilinea impudica, lectotype, slide 12127 GB Behounek; 46, P. brevilinea impudica, Russian Far East, prep. Matov; 47, H. yakobsoni, paratype, SE Kazakhstan, slide RL 10728 f L. Ronkay; 48, H. shchetkini, paratype, slide 1377 f P. Gyulai; 49, P. abrupta, SW Mongolia, slide AV 0755 Volynkin; 50, P. mythimnoida, paratype, SW Kazakhstan, slide 623 f P. Gyulai; 51, P. brevilinea brevilinea, W. Siberia, prep. Volynkin; 52, P. brevilinea impudica, paralectotype, slide 12153 GB Behounek.