Drasteria sculpta ( Püngeler, 1904 )

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 : 12-13

Drasteria sculpta ( Püngeler, 1904)

( Map 2 ) ( Figs. 13–15 (imago))

Püngeler, 1904: 292 ( Leucanitis sculpta ). Type locality: “von Togus-torau” (by the original description); “Togus-torau” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype female (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 13–15 ), labelled: “Type | sculpta Püng. ♀ ” (pink paper, handwritten with printed ‘Type’), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis | sculpta Püngeler, 1904 | Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (2): 292; pl. 6, f. 8 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed); two-side filled label, first side “abgebildet v. John, | Hor. S. E. Ross 39, | t. 16 fig. 7 b”, second side “ sculpta Püng. | ♀ ” (white paper, handwritten); twoside filled label, first side “Asia centr. | Togus-torau | Rückbeil 1901”, second side “ sculpta Püng. ♀ | Original | v. R. Tancré 5.05” (white paper, handwritten with printed ‘Asia centr.’) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotypes: 2 females ( ZMHU) .

Poole, 1989: 330.

Distribution. Mountains of Central Asia, deserts of Southern Kazakhstan.

Variability. There are two subspecies described: nominate (lowland-middle mountainous) and pamira (high mountainous). The status of the populations from the Kazakhstanian deserts requires clarification.

Drasteria sculpta sculpta ( Püngeler, 1904)

( Figs. 13–17 (imago), 267, 268 (female genitalia))

Nekrasov et al., 1988: 51 [Arslanbob, Dugoba, Malinovoe valley]; Milko, 1996: 258 [Chuiskaya valley and Chong-Kemin river valley (with closely located slopes of Kirghizsky and Kungey-Ala-Too Mts.), Regions close to Fergana (including southern slopes of Chatkalsky and Fergansky Mts. and northern slopes of Alai and Turkestansky Mts.)]; Lehmann et al., 1998: 527 [Ili area, Tschu river, Mujunkum, 200 m; Ili river, Bakanas vill., 400 m; Ili area, Charyn river, 400 m]; Lehmann, Bergmann, 2005: 20 [Kirgizsky Mts., Central and western part (Naryn), Fergansky Mts., Alai Mts.]; Korb, 2013: 28 [33 km N of Panfilov, Boro-Khoro Mts., N 44 29.765 E 80 03.848, 1 830 m; 35 km N of Bakanas, Ili River Valley, N 44 53.940 E 75 53.479, 377 m].

Habitat ( Figs. 304 , 306, 307, 309 ). Lowlands and mountain foothills, deserts and semideserts, steppes, but mostly on sands. Elevation: 200–1600 m.

Distribution. Deserts of South Kazakhstan, mountains of Tian-Shan and Alai Mts. (northern slope).

Material examined (in total: 53 specimens). Kazakhstan. 2 ♂, 1.07.2010, 35 km N of Panfilov, Boro-Khoro Mts. N 44.29 .765 E80 03.848, 1830 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 ♂, 25.04.2011, Almaty Prov., 40 km N of Bakanas, Ili river valley, 300 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 25– 27.04.2011, 32 km NE of Bakanas, Ili river , leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 4– 5.05.2013, Karaganda Prov., 70 km N of Balkhash city, Bekrau-Ata hills, leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♀, 7– 8.05.2013, same locality, leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6– 7.05.2015, Almaty Prov., 40 km N of Bakanas, Ili river valley, 300 m, leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 3 ♀, 6– 7.05.2017, 8 km N of Zhezkazgan , leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) . Kyrgyzstan. 3 ♀, Togus-torau (lectotype and paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Transa- lai, Hbhr. ( ZMHU) ; 14 ♂, 6 ♀, 8.08.2014, Kirghizsky Mts., Bishkek environs, Ala-Too village , 42°47’26.35”N, 74°41’46.12”E, 1000 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 13.07.2015 Kyrgyzstan, Fergansky Mts., 5,5 km S of Imeni Chkalova (S shore of Toktogul reservoir), N41° 43.223’ E72° 57.165’, 1768 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( ZISP, SKK) ; 7 ♂, 5 ♀, 14.07.2015, Alai Mts., small valley between Tashkoro and Karabulak , N40°14.119’ E73°24.484’, 1805 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK, ZISP) .

Figures

MAP 2. Distribution map of Drasteria sculpta (Püngeler, 1904).

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.

FIGURES 305–312. Drasteria habitats. 305. Sary-Kaiky gorge, Dzhumgaltoo Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 306. Arashan environs near Bishkek, Kirghiz Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 307. Kok-Moynok environs, Terskey Ala-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 308. Aksu environs, Terskey Ala-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 309. Koro-Goo Pass, Moldo-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 310. Alai valley, Kyrgyzstan. 311. Archaty environs, Alai Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 312. The same locality, light trapping. Photos: 305–309: S.K. Korb; 310–312: E. Komarov.