Drasteria sesquilina ( Staudinger, 1888 )

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 : 16-17

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scientific name	Drasteria sesquilina ( Staudinger, 1888 )
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Drasteria sesquilina ( Staudinger, 1888)

( Map 4 View MAP 4 ) ( Figs. 28–36 View FIGURES 22–42 (imago))

Staudinger, 1888: 51 ( Leucanitis Sesquilina ). Type locality: “bei Samarkand… bei Namangan, Osch und im Alai” (by the original description); “Margelan” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 28–30 View FIGURES 22–42 ), labelled: “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “167” (white paper, handwritten), “ex coll. 1/6 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “Margelan | 85 Hbhr.” (brown paper, handwritten), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis sesquilina | Staudinger, 1888 | Stettin ent. Ztg 49 (1–3): 51 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotypes 3 males, 2 females ( ZMHU) .

Poole, 1989: 330.

Distribution. Central Asia.

Variability. Two subspecies are known: nominate (widely distributed in the Middle Asia) and sequax (South- East Turkey, North Iran and Transcaucasus).