Anarta (Tricholea) insolita uigurica ( Hacker, 1998 )

Volynkin, Anton V., Titov, Sergey V. & Černila, Matjaž, 2020, Anarta insolita umay, a new subspecies from Russian Altai and Mongolia, with re-characterization of Anarta insolita uigurica (Hacker, 1998) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 35, pp. 115-122 : 121

Anarta (Tricholea) insolita uigurica ( Hacker, 1998)

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Hadula insolita uigurica Hacker, 1998 , Esperiana 6: 599, Plate Hadula I, fig. 5 (Type locality: [East Kazakhstan Region, Kurchum District, near Kaiyndy Village, Narym Ridge] “ Kasachstan, Süd- Altaij, Slavianka, Narym-Gebirge, 420m, 48°51’N 83°32’E ”).

Type material examined: photographs of the holotype ( Fig. 7 ), female, dark green label “ Kasachstan, Süd- Altaij , Slavianka, Narym-Gebirge, 420m, 48°51’N 83°32’E, 1993. V .26. Leg.: V. & A. Lukhtanov | Dr. P. Gyulai, Hungary ” / red label “HT” / red label “ Hadula -Revision, ESPERIANA VI (1998) , Hadula insolita ssp. uigurica Hacker , Holotypus ” / yellow label “Gen. Präp [genital slide] Hacker N 10509” (Coll. PGM, later to be deposited in HNHM) .

Additional material examined. 7 males, 4 females, 06. V .2015, E Kazakhstan, Kurchum District , 15.5 km NNE of Amanat village, Kiin-Kirish Massif, clay/chalk hills, 447m, N 48°7.885’ E 84°29.378’, Volynkin A. V . & Titov S. V . leg., genital slides AV1465, AV1478 (males), AV1477, AV1479 (females) Volynkin (Coll. CAV) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 14–16 mm in males and 14–17 mm in females. Anarta insolita uigurica can be distinguished from the two other subspecies by its more contrast pattern and more distinct reniform and orbicular stigmata. The male genitalia of A. insolita uigurica differ clearly from the two other subspecies by the broader uncus, the slightly broader cucullus, and the right saccular process being robust and apically broadened and densely dentate (whereas in A. i. insolita and A. i. umay ssp. n. that is distally narrowed, apically pointed and weakly dentate apically). The female genitalia of A. i. uigurica differ from those of A. i. insolita and A. i. umay ssp. n. in the shortest and most weakly sclerotized longitudinal ribs of the posterior section of corpus bursae and the absence of signum bursae (present in the two other subspecies). The detailed comparison with A. i. umay ssp. n. is provided above in the ‘Diagnosis’ chapter of the latter.

Molecular data. The COI 5‘ sequences of two specimens of A. i. uigurica (BOLD vouchers BC ZSM Lep 90263 and 90264) display variability in loci 444 (C/T), 612 (C/T) and 636 (A/G). The 658 b. p. length COI 5‘ sequence of the A. i. uigurica (BOLD voucher BC ZSM Lep 90263) is as follows: AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTAGGAACTTCATTAAG ATTATTAATTC GAGCTGAATTAGGAAATCCTGGATCTTTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTAC AGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTG ACTTGTCCCATTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAACAATATAAGTTTTT GACTCTTACCCCCATCTCTAACTCTTTTAATTTCAAGTAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAAC AGGATGAACAGTGTACCCCCCACTTTCATCTAATATTGCACATGGAGGAAGATCAGTAGATTTA GCTATTTTTTCCCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTCTTGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACA ATTATCAATATACGATTAAATAGTTTATCCTTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTATTTGAGCTGTAGG AATTACCGCATTTTTATTATTATTATCACTTCCTGTATTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATACTTTTAAC TGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGAGGTGACCCAATTTTATATCAAC ATTTATTT

Distribution. The subspecies is known up to date from two localities in the Kurchum District of the East Kazakhstan Region (western Kazakh Altai Mts and its foothills). The status of the population from SE Kazakhstan (Altyn Emel National Park, the record was based on a single female) ( Hacker 1998) needs clarification.

Figures

Figures 1–8. Anarta insolita sspp.: adults. Depositories of specimens: 1 in ZSM; 2–6 in CAV; 7 in PGM (photo by P. Gyulai); 8 in ZMB.

Figures 9–12. Anarta insolita sspp.: male genitalia. Depositories of specimens: 9 in ZSM; 10–12 in CAV.

Figures 13–16. Anarta insolita sspp.: female genitalia (13, 14) and female distal abdominal segments (15, 16). Specimens are deposited in CAV.