Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) culminicola ( Staudinger, 1870 )

Kononenko, V. S., Behounek, G. & Gyulai, P., 2018, Descriptions of two new species of Euxoa Hübner, [1821], subgenus Pleonectopoda Grote, 1873, from Siberia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 4483 (2), pp. 258-270 : 268

Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) culminicola ( Staudinger, 1870)

( Figs 35, 36 , 49, 51 )

Agrotis culminicola Staudinger, 1870 , Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1870: 107. Type-locality "Monte Rosa." Syntypes: MNHU, Berlin.

References: Warren 1909–1914: 30, Pl. 6 row e ( Euxoa ); Hampson 1903: 241, ( Euxoa ); Bang-Haas 1922: 36, Pl. 9: 12 ( Euxoa ); Corti & Draudt 1931 –1938: 28, ( Euxoa ); Fibiger 1990: 64, Pl. 6: 32, 33, ( Euxoa , Pleonectopoda ); Fibiger 1997: 67, fig. 43 ( Euxoa , Euxoa ) Fibiger et al. 2011: 42 ( Euxoa , Euxoa ).

Note. The species was placed by Fibiger (1993) in the subgenus Pleonectopoda , but later it was moved to the subgenus Euxoa (s. str.) ( Fibiger 1997) where it was maintained in the last checklist of European Noctuoidea ( Fibiger et al. 2011). Here we restore its placement in Pleonectopoda on the basis of the vesica's being twisted subbasally and wing pattern features enumerated in the description. The species is similar to the Nearctic westermanni species group ( Lafontaine 1987). In the course of present study, we examined an extensive material on E. culminicola from European Alps. Genitalia slides GB, 0 440, 8449 males, 8448, 8449, 8450 females, coll. GB/ ZSM.

Distribution. Europe: Germany (South Bavaria); Austria (Vorarlberg, North- and East Tyrol, Alps, Salzburg); Andorra; South France (Mid Pyrenees, Provence, Alps de Haute Provence: Central Italy Apennines, Abruzzens); Switzerland (Graubünden, Wallis). The moths collected at the elevation over 2000 m.

Note. The records from Central Italy ( Montagna Grande , 1,800 m in ZSM) were most likely based on spuriously labeled material by F. Dannehl to increase the selling price (A. Zilli, pers. comm.) and require confirmation.

Figures

FIGURES 16–39. Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) spp., adult (16–36), habitat of E. steideli sp.n. (37, 38), distribution map of E. steideli sp. n. and E. kodara sp. n. (39). 16, 17, E. muldersi, Canada, after Lafontaine & Troubridge; 18, E. churchillensis, Canada; 19, E. churchillensis, Russia, Chukchi Autonomy; 20, E. hyperborea, Russia, Magadan reg. Upper Kolyma; 21–26, E. steideli sp. n., (holotype and paratypes) Russia, west, Sagan-Shuluta (21–24), Tuva (25–26), Buryatia, Mondy (27, 28); 29–34 E. kodara sp. n. (paratypes), 29, 31–34, Northern Transbaikalia, Kodar Range; 30, Yakutia; 35, 36, E. culminicola, Austria; 37, 38 montane steppe at altitude 1200–1500 m, habitat of E. steideli sp. n.; 39, distribution map: black circle—E. steideli sp. n., black quadrat E. kodara sp. n.

FIGURES 48–51. Euxoa spp., male (48) and female (49-51) genitalia. 48, E. culminicola, Austria 8449GB (coll. GB/ZSM); 49, E. hyperborea, Magadan reg. IBP76/VK; 50 E. kodara sp. n., HT, Russia, Northern Transbaikalia, Kodar Range, 8440GB (GB/ZSM); 51, E. culminicola, Austria, 8450GB (GB/ZSM).