Pachetra cherrug ( Rakosy &Wieser, 1997) Rakosy & Wieser, 1997

Varga, Zoltan, Ronkay, Gabor & Ronkay, Laszlo, 2017, Revised taxonomic check list of the Eurasiatic species of the subtribe Poliina (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2), pp. 133-160 : 137

Pachetra cherrug ( Rakosy &Wieser, 1997) comb. n.

Polia cherrug Rákosy & Wieser, 1997, Linzer Biologische Beiträge 29: 1153. Type-locality: Romania, N Dobrogea, Macin Mts, Greci. Holotype: male, in coll. L. Rákosy (Cluj-Napoca).

Taxonomic notes.

P. cherrug shows in the genitalia of both sexes a very close relationship with P. sagittigera . The shared characters are as follows: in male genitalia the similar and unusual shape of the cucullus, the very long tubular and completely helicoid vesica nearly completely covered by a long and broad stripe of dense spinulose structures; in female genitalia the long and broad, dorso-ventrally flattened ductus bursae, the similar shape of the appendix bursae and one long and one shorter stripe of sigma. Both species are also bionomically closely related, they have grass-feeding larvae in contrast to the dicot herbaceous and woody food plants of Polia spp. The distribution and certain taxonomic questions are discussed in detail by Dinca (2010).