Phaselia joestleinae Hausmann, 1996

Werner, Maria Johanna, Hausmann, Axel, Kostjuk, Igor, Wanke, Dominic & Rajaei, Hossein, 2023, Integrative taxonomic revision of the genus Phaselia Guenée, [1858] (Geometridae: Ennominae) in the Middle East and Central Asia, Zootaxa 5326 (1), pp. 1-66 : 25-27

Phaselia joestleinae Hausmann, 1996

( Figs 56–58, 107–108 , 142–143 , 144 , 145 ).

Phaselia joestleinae Hausmann, 1996 . Spixiana Supplement 22: 6, figs 3,4,9,11. Holotype ♁ (SNSB/ZSM), ([ Turkey], Adana).

Type material examined.

Holotype, ♁, “[ Turkey], Adana, Asm. v.[19]55, [leg.] G. Friedel ”, g. prep. 5214 (in SNSB / ZSM).

Paratypes 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype, g. preps 5215, G8560 (in SNSB / ZSM) .

Paratypes 2 ♁♁, 1 ♀, same data as holotype, g. prep. (♁) 1995 – 247 M. Sommerer (in PCMS) .

Additional material examined. 2 ♁♁, 1 ♀ (see the complete list in the appendix).

Re-description. Wingspan. Males: around 31 mm (holotype), females: 32–35 mm.

Forewing. Ground colour warm white with smooth light brownish pattern; basal area and postmedial area darker than medial area; antemedial line dark brown to black, irregularly zigzagged with rounded to acute tips, costal tooth reduced to a curve; medial line present as a diffuse darker brown shadow close to postmedial line; postmedial line thin, dark brown, slightly curved inwards on costal area; subterminal line light to dark brown and interrupted in the middle, serrate with weakly pronounced triangular spikes, distally accompanied by a white shadow; terminal line thin, dark brown, wavy; fringes white and brown, dark at the end of the veins.

Hindwing. Ground colour white, speckled with brown towards terminal area; postmedial line brown, medially projected outwards; sometimes interrupted or even invisible; subterminal line barely visible as a light shadow.

Discal spots usually visible as brown, short streaks or tiny dots on all wings, sometimes faded. Fringes in all wings white and brown, dark at the end of the veins. Ventral side generally paler than dorsal side, pattern of upper side shines through the wings, visible as a shadow (figs 56–58).

Male genitalia. Uncus triangular, tip incurved; gnathos well-sclerotized, medially not fused; valva trapezoidal; costal part of valva slightly sclerotized, distally finger-shaped, extended over the apex of valvula; sacculus slightly oval, smoothly transitioning to valvula; ventral margin without or with very fine and small spines, equally distributed on the sacculus; juxta formed as two ovals, fused in the upper half; saccus wide, triangular, terminally curved. Aedeagus short, straight or slightly curved; vesica with one very long and straight, well-sclerotized cornutus and a claw-like curved cornutus, the spined plate-like cornutus strongly reduced or absent (figs 107–108).

Female genitalia. Ovipositor large and wide; apophyses posteriores three times longer than apophyses anteriores; lamella antevaginalis evenly sclerotized throughout its width; ductus bursae inconspicuous and narrow; corpus bursae membranous, ornamented with a small but well-sclerotized, round, stellate signum (figs 142–143).

Diagnosis. Phaselia joestleinae can be confused only with P. phaeoleucaria stat. rev., P. smettboi sp. nov. and P. deliciosaria .

For differentiation, see the diagnosis of the respective species above.

Phenology. Possibly univoltine. Investigated specimens have been collected in May. Biology. Unknown. Habitat. Investigated specimens have been collected at an altitude of 420 m ( Turkey). Distribution. South Turkey and Southwest Turkey ( László et al., 2018) (fig. 144). DNA barcoding. Genetic distances from morphologically most similar species: Phaselia deliciosaria (7.94%), P. sp. cf. deliciosaria (6.92%). Genetically closest species: P. sp. cf. deliciosaria (6.92 %) and P. erika jonubi ssp. nov. (7.58 %) (fig. 145, Tab. 1).

Complete checklist of the species of the genus Phaselia with taxonomic changes in this paper

The nomenclatural and/or distribution data is complemented also by literature ( Viidalepp 1996, Scoble 1999, László et al. 2018, Müller et al. 2019, Rajaei et al. 2022).

Phaselia serrularia ( Eversmann, 1847) (Southern Federal District of Russia, Northeast to South Kazakhstan, East Usbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, East Turkmenistan, West Mongolia)

Phaselia narynaria syn. nov. Oberthür, 1913

Phaselia pithana bona sp. Wehrli, 1941 (Northeast Iran, Turkmenistan, Southwest Kazakhstan, Northwest Afghanistan)

Phaselia phaeoleucaria phaeoleucaria stat. rev. ( Lederer, 1855) (East and Central Kazakhstan)

Phaselia phaeoleucaria shurensis comb. nov. Wehrli, 1941 (Southeast Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Northwest to Central Iran, Southwest Russia (Dagestan ))

Phaselia catharia syn. nov. Wehrli, 1941

Phaselia smettboi sp. nov. (North to Northeast Turkey, Southwest Russia in South Ural Mountains)

Phaselia erika erika Ebert, 1965 (Southeast Afghanistan, Central Pakistan)

Phaselia erika jonubi ssp. nov. (Central to Southeast Iran, North Oman)

Phaselia erika sindhi ssp. nov. (Southeast Pakistan)

Phaselia sihvoneni sp. nov. (Central Tajikistan, Northeast Pakistan and North India)

Phaselia kasyi Wiltshire, 1966 ( Afghanistan)

Phaselia deliciosaria ( Lederer, 1855) (South Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi-Arabia, Northeast Oman)

Phaselia joestleinae Hausmann, 1996 (South Turkey)

Phaselia algiricaria Oberthür, 1913 ( Algeria, Spain, Morocco)

Phaselia algiricaria relicta Turati, 1930 ( Tunisia, Libya)

Phaselia algiricaria gigantaria Schwingenschuss, 1936 ( Morocco)

Phaselia algiricaria aragona Wehrli, 1941 (East Spain)

Phaselia phoeniciaria ( Turati & Krüger, 1936) ( Libya) (see note below)

Note. Boarmia phoeniciaria Turati & Krüger, 1936 was redescribed by Wehrli (1954, p. 454) as Hemerophila phoeniciaria . The latter genus name Hemerophila Stephens, 1829 is considered to be a synonym of Menophra Moore, [1887] because of homonymy with Hemerophila Hübner, 1817 (Choreutidae) . This taxon has been treated as Phaselia phoeniciaria ( Turati & Krüger, 1936) by several other authors ( Scoble 1999; Scoble and Hausmann 2007; Hausmann and Sihvonen 2019; Rajaei et al. 2022).

Figures

FIGURE 144: Distribution pattern of Phaselia species in Middle East and Central Asia.

FIGURE 145: Maximum likelihood analysis of 70 species of the genus Phaselia, based on COI 5’ sequences (built with MEGA X; Kimura 2-parameter model; bootstrap method, 1000 replications using MEGA X (Kumar et al., 2018)).

FIGURES 107–108: Variation of the male genitalia of Phaselia joestleinae. 107: Holotype, from: Turkey, Adana (g. prep 5214 ZSM); 108: Paratype from: Turkey, Adana (g. prep 1995–247 M. Hreblay) a = genitalia capsule; b = aedeagus. Scalebar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 140–143: Female genitalia of Phaselia species. 140: P. deliciosaria, from: Oman, Saiq (g. prep 0112/2021 M. Werner); 141: P. sp. cf. deliciosaria, from: Oman, Al Mughsayl (g. prep. 0149/2021 M. Werner); 142–143: P. joestleinae, 142: Paratype, from: Turkey, Adana (g. prep 8560 ZSM); 143: from: Turkey, Döşemealti Çubuk boěazi (g. prep. 0026/2021 M. Werner). Scalebar = 1 mm.