Mniotype anilis sylvatica (Bellier, 1861)

(Figs 42, 80, 116)

Mamestra sylvatica Bellier, 1861, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 1: 29, pl. 2, fig. 11 (Type locality: Corsica).

Synonymy: Crino sylvatica var. bellieri Schawerda, 1943 (Type locality: Corsica).

Material examined. 1 male, Korsika, Restonica Bie. de Grotelle, 1400 m, 4.viii.1977, R. Oswald (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 female, Nr5, Frankreich / Korsika, Monte Cinto Gebiet, 1800 m, ca. 3 km SW Haut Asco (GR20), Nacht- Tagfang, 20.vii.1998, leg. N. Keil, P. Schwarzbauer (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 male, Corsica, 12..., A. Faller Frbg. / 42 / coll. Bartha / Coll. Lepidoptera Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Coll. HNHM); 1 female, Corsica, Vizzavona, Genuesenfort, 12.vii.1925, Col. V. Bartha / Coll. Lepidoptera Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Coll. HNHM).

Slides AV0788 (male), AV0787 (female) Volynkin.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 45–47 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen dark blackish grey. Ground colour of forewing dark blackish grey. Wing pattern similar to that of the nominotypical subspecies. Hindwing dark brownish grey. The male genitalia (Fig. 80) very close to M. anilis anilis, but uncus slightly longer and juxta somewhat narrower. The female genitalia (Fig. 116) have no diagnostic features with regard to M. anilis anilis .

Distribution. Corsica and Sardinia.