Lithostege dissocyma, Prout

Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan, Zootaxa 3105, pp. 1-46 : 11-12

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scientific name	Lithostege dissocyma
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L. dissocyma Prout View in CoL

( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 15 , 64 View FIGURES 60 – 65 ; Map 3)

Lithostege dissocyma Prout, 1938: 241 View in CoL , pl. 17 b. Holotype Ƥ, BMNH (examined). Type locality: Table Mt. (Dyala, NE of Baghdad, Iraq).

Lithostege dissocyma: Parsons et al., 1999: 546 View in CoL .

Material examined. Type material: Holotype Ƥ, ‘ Iraq, Dyala, Table Mt. 14.iii.1936 E. P. Wiltshire’, ‘Figured in Seitz 4 supplement’, ‘Wiltshire coll. B.M. 1979–433’; in BMNH. Additional material: 3 Ƥ: 1 Ƥ: S-Iran, Bandar- Abbas, km 107 d. Strasse nach Sirdjan, 850 m, 7.3.1973, G. Ebert leg., gen. prep. 1028/2010 H. R.; in SMNK. 1 Ƥ: [ Iran] Fars, Kazerun, Gavkoshak, 4.4.1976, L.T. [leg] Abai, gen. prep. 1074/2010 H. R.; 1 Ƥ: [ Iran] Hormozgan, Bandar-Abas, 20 km N Ghotbabad, 950 m, 28.2.1978, [leg.] Pazuki, gen. prep. 1075/2010 H. R.; both in HMIM. Preparations of genitalia: 3 Ƥ.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 29–31 mm. Wing pattern: a pale grey reminiscent of that in L. amoenata , also quite similar to the next two species; postmedial line most conspicuous, curved outwards two times, rather close to termen; ground colour of both wings darker grey; hindwings without pattern, dark grey ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 15 ). Male genitalia with short, broadly rounded valves and a strong, thorn-shaped harpe arising from its centre; dorsal arm slender, without apical spines, diverging from valve costa; saccus short, triangular; aedeagus short and stout ( Lehmann et al., 2009). Male genitalia are most similar to L. senata (see also Lehmann et al., 2009). Female genitalia ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 60 – 65 ): Antrum almost quadrate, posterior margin V-shaped; ductus bursae narrow, elongate; corpus bursa transversely oval, finely spiculose, provided with an anterior diverticulum.

Bionomies. Specimens are collected in January ( Lehmann et al., 2009), February, March and April ( Lehmann et al., 2009) and records are from altitudes 450– 950 m.

Additional data on distribution based on literature sources. Wiltshire (1942): Iraq (Table Mts.); Lehmann et al. (2009): Kuh-e Geno (Hormozgan prov.) and Shib Kuh (Bushehr prov.).

Distribution. East Iraq and southwestern to southern Iran (Map 3).