Mniotype adusta sommeri (Lefebvre, 1836)

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexei Yu., Behounek, Gottfried & Han, Hui-Lin, 2014, A review of the Palaearctic Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790) species-group with description of a new species and six new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 3796 (1), pp. 1-32 : 7-8

Mniotype adusta sommeri (Lefebvre, 1836)

( Figs 21, 22 , 63, 64 , 103 )

Hadena sommeri Lefebvre, 1836 , Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5: 391, pl. 10, fig. 1 (Type locality: Greenland).

Synonymy: Hadena groenlandica Zetterstedt , [1839] (praeocc.) (Type locality: Greenland); Hadena picticollis Zetterstedt , [1839] (Type locality: Greenland); Hadena islandiae Milliére, 1874 (Type locality: Iceland).

Material examined: 2 males, 1 female, Ins. Island [ Iceland] / Coll. Erschov (Coll. ZISP); 1 female, ♀ Grönl. [ Greenland] / Coll. Gr. Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich (Coll. ZISP); 1 male, ♂ Grönl. [ Greenland] / 289/ Coll. Gr. Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich (Coll. ZISP).

Slides 0 293, 0 324 Matov (males), 0 294 Matov (female).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 32–38 mm. Externally ( Figs 21, 22 ) the subspecies differs clearly from M. adusta adusta by its smaller size, dark brown or blackish ground colour of forewings and contrasting colouration with pale and well-defined all elements of pattern. The genitalia are very close to those of M. adusta adusta , but in the males ( Figs 63, 64 ): uncus somewhat longer; juxta much broader; and ampulla somewhat shorter; in the female genitalia ( Fig. 103 ): ostium bursae somewhat broader; ductus bursae more curved than in M. adusta adusta ; and signum very small.

Distribution. North Atlantic islands. Faroe Islands ( Fibiger et al. 2010), Iceland, Greenland.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 30. Mniotype spp. adults: 21, M. adusta sommeri, male, Iceland (ZISP); 22, ditto, female, Iceland (ZISP); 23, M. adjuncta adjuncta, holotype female, Dalhousie, NW Himalaya (© BMNH) (photo by A. Giusti); 24, ditto, female, Pakistan, Himalaya Mts (HMNH); 25, M. adjuncta cineritia, holotype male, Nepal (HMNH); 26, ditto, paratype female, Nepal (BBT); 27, M. juldussica, neotype female, Central Tien Shan Mts (ZISP); 28, M. juldussica, female, lectotype of Mamestra vicina, Tien Shan Mts (ZISP); 29, M. juldussica, male, Tajikistan, GissarskyRidge (ZISP); 30, M. juldussica, female, Kyrgyzstan, Alai Ridge (ZISP).

FIGURES 63 – 68. Mniotype spp., male genitalia: 63, M. adusta sommeri, Greenland, slide 0 324 Matov; 64, M. a. sommeri, Iceland, slide 0 293 Matov; 65, M. adusta? ssp., Turkey, slide AV 0778 Volynkin; 66, M. adusta? ssp., SE Kazakhstan, slide 5838 Behounek; 67, M. adjuncta adjuncta, N India, Himalaya Mts, slide GB 12103 Behounek; 68, M. a. adjuncta, Pakistan, Himalaya Mts, slide AV 0792 Volynkin.

FIGURES 97 – 104. Mniotype spp., female genitalia: 97, M. lama lama, Kyrgyzstan, slide AV 0033 Volynkin; 98, M. l. kortka, paratype, SE Kazakhstan, slide AV 1122 Volynkin; 99, M. l. etugen, paratype, W Mongolia, slide AV 0673 Volynkin; 100, M. l. ayubaevorum, paratype, Altai Mts, slide AV 0505 Volynkin; 101, M. adusta adusta, Altai Mts, slide AV 0724 Volynkin; 102, M. a. poltavskyi, paratype, N Caucasus, slide 0 296 Matov; 103, M. a. sommeri, Iceland, slide 0 294 Matov; 104, M. adjuncta adjuncta, holotype, Dalhousie, slide A. Giusti (© BMNH) (photo by A. Giusti).