Lygephila pallida (Bang-Haas, 1907)

Pekarsky, Oleg, 2013, Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae), ZooKeys 351, pp. 49-81 : 56-59

Lygephila pallida (Bang-Haas, 1907) Figs 17, 19, 20

Material examined.

1 ♂, Cotype label1: Cotype, pallida B.-H. ♂; label2: As. min. m. (Zeitun), revers - pallida B.-H. ♂, 5/08 vom Autor; label3: Zeitun; label4: 962; ex. coll. Püngeler, coll. MNHU Berlin, slide No: OP1933m; 1 ♂, Turkey, Prov. Kayseri, 5 km NW Ercios Dagh, 2000 m, 22.7.1986, leg. M. Fibiger, coll. G. Ronkay, slide No: OP1967m; 1 ♂, Turkey, Prov. Sivas, Ziyaret gecidi, 2100 m, 36°45'E, 38°42'N, 27-28.07.1993, leg. Gy. László, coll. O. Pekarsky, slide No: OP1961m; 1 ♀, Turkey, Prov. Sivas, Ziyaret gecidi, 1950-2050 m, 36°45'E, 38°42'N, 27.07.1988, leg. Gyulai, Hreblay, Ronkay & Ronkay, coll. G. Ronkay, slide No: OP1966f; 1 ♀, Türkey, Prov. Sivas, 5 km E of Imranli, 38°06'E, 39°53'N, 11.VII.1989, leg. & coll. P. Gyulai, slide No: OP2014f; 1 ♂, [Turkey] O Anatolien, Gürün, 4.VII.76, leg. Pinker, coll. NHMW, Vienna, slide No: OP2065m; 1 ♀, [Turkey] O Anatolien, Gürün, 4.VII.76, leg. Pinker, coll. NHMW, Vienna, slide No: OP2066f; 1 ♂, Turkey, Prov. Erzurum-Erzincan, 10 km W of Askale, 1700m, 40°34'E, 39°50'N, 08.08.1988, leg. Gyulai, Hreblay, Ronkay & Ronkay, coll. G. Ronkay, slide No: OP2029m; 1 ♂, Turkey, Prov. Erzurum, 4 km W of Tahir, 2500 m, 42°27'E, 39°51'5"N, 22.07.1993, leg. Gy. László, coll. G. Ronkay, slide No: OP2030m; 1 ♂, Türkei, Palandoeken, 2500 m, 28 Juli 1980, leg. Dittrich Austria, coll. NHMW, Vienna, slide No: OP2069m; 1 ♀, Türkei, Palandoeken, 2500 m, 28 Juli 1980, leg. Dittrich Austria, coll. NHMW, slide No.: OP2070f; 1 ♀, Turkey, Prov. Agri, 7 km W of Aydintepe, 2200 m, 42°30'E, 39°49'N, 20-22.VII.1990, leg. Gy. László & G. Ronkay, coll. G. Ronkay, slide No: OP1968f.

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from similar species only by genitalia characters. It differ from Lygephila subpicata by shorter spine-like ampulla not reaching the valval edges and from Lygephila minima sp. n. by narrower valva, longer ampulla and absents of sclerotization on top of the 2nd medial diverticulum.

Male genitalia (Figs 31, 52-59). Clasping apparatus somewhat asymmetrical (right valva narrower). Uncus stem narrow, short, dilated distally, with fine tip; scaphium membranous with weakly sclerotized plate on subscaphium; valva elongated, narrowed at base with rather acute apex; ampulla spine-like, slightly curved towards costa, finely pointed, does not reaching apex of valva. Aedeagus short, slightly curved medially, with heavily sclerotized convex field on carina and spinulose area on lamina. Vesica globular, everted forward and recurved laterally; medial part membranous; heavily sclerotized ridge on subbasal diverticulum with cornutus complex contacting carina at base; 1st medial diverticulum medium-sized, wide at base; 2nd medial diverticulum very large, conical, with sclerotized area on the top; 1st terminal diverticulum two cham bered, one of them elongated tapering, another globular; 2nd terminal diverticulum tapered; 3rd terminal diverticulum elongated with very wide base and curved tapered part; opening point of terminal tube located at base of medial part of vesica near carina, terminal tube membranous with narrow sclerotized crest at base and weak scobination near gonopore (starting point of ductus ejaculatorius). Female genitalia (Fig. 83). There were no females with type labels or from the same collecting place as the cotype in the MNHU collection. Taking into consideration that the exemplar from Palandöken, Turkey is the most similar in male genitalia structure to the cotype specimen (the two slides are almost fully agree with each other) one can conclude that the female specimen from the same site would represent the female sex of Lygephila pallida . Ovipositor short, papillae anales small, hairy with long setae on apical edges. Apophyses anteriores slender with fine tip, apophyses posteriores thin, somewhat longer than apophyses anteriores. Antrum U-shaped, asymmetrical, ostium bursae broad, posterior margin deeply concave with large prolongation of posterior end on one side; ductus bursae small, practically absent. Appendix bursae small. Corpus bursae membranous, ovoid.

Distribution.

Central and eastern Turkey.