Scopula lactarioides Brandt, 1941

Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Lee, Kyung Min, Murillo-Ramos, Leidys, Sihvonen, Pasi & Rajaei, Hossein, 2023, Systematics and integrative taxonomic revision of the tribe Scopulini Duponchel, 1845 in Iran (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae), Zootaxa 5359 (1), pp. 1-96 : 37-38

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Scopula lactarioides Brandt, 1941 View in CoL

( Plate 8, Figs 18–19; Plate 19 View PLATE 19 , Fig. 1; Plate 26 View PLATE 26 , Fig. 5; Map 11)

Scopula lactarioides Brandt, 1941 View in CoL . Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 31 (3): 867. Syntypes ♁, ♀ ( Iran, Bender Tchahbahar ) (in NHRS, examined).

Type material examined. Paratype 1 ♁, Iran, Baloutchistan , Bender Tchahbahar, 24.ii.1938, coll. Brandt, NHRS 000010314 View Materials , g. prep. 11057; in NHRS.

Additional material examined: 1 ♀ (see appendix).

Description of the female genitalia. Papillae anales rounded, simple; apophyses anteriores 2/3 of apophyses posteriores; antrum with small rounded sclerite; signum absent ( Plate 26 View PLATE 26 , Fig. 5).

Diagnosis. Wingspan ♁ 16.8 mm, ♀ 16.6 mm. Ground colour beige ( Plate 8, Figs 18–19). It can externally be confused with S. minorata and S. adelpharia , but the genitalia of these three species are characteristic and can be used for species identification.

In the male genitalia 8th sternite with both cerata long (left ceras long, right ceras short in S. minorata ; right ceras long, left ceras short and curved in S. adelpharia ) (see Plate 18 View PLATE 18 , Figs 3–4; Plate 19 View PLATE 19 , Fig. 1).

In the female genitalia antrum with small rounded sclerite (with an oval sclerite, apically notched in S. minorata ; with half-moon-shaped sclerite in S. adelpharia ). Signum absent (oval in S. minorata ; weakly developed, elongated and narrow in S. adelpharia ) (see Plate 26 View PLATE 26 , Figs 1–2, 5).

Phenology. Specimens from Iran were collected end of February and end of March.

Biology & Habitat. Unknown.

Distribution. Endemic species to southeastern Iran (Sistan-o-Baluchestan province) (Map 11). Reported in the literature also for the provinces Bushehr, Hormozgan, Kerman, and Sistan-o-Baluchestan ( Brandt 1941; Reisser 1958; Lehmann et al. 2009).

DNA-barcoding. No data available.

MAP 11. Distribution patterns of the Scopula species S. immistaria and S. lactarioides in Iran.