Heliophobus dalmae Simonyi, 2010

Simonyi, Sándor Jenő, Ronkay, László & Gyulai, Péter, 2015, A Revision Of The Genus Heliophobus Boisduval, 1828 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (2), pp. 147-188 : 167

Heliophobus dalmae Simonyi, 2010

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Heliophobusdalmae Simonyi, 2010, NoctuidaeEuropeae 12: 185, pl. 14, figs 16–20. Type- locali- ty: Turkey, Prov. Agri, CakmakDagH. Holotype: male, incoll. HNHM.

Typematerialexamined. Holotypemale, Turkey, Prov. Agri, ÇakmağDaği , 2250 m, 3 km NE of Hayrangöl, 39°46’44,8”N; 42°27’40.30”E, 16–17.VI.1994, leg. S.J. Simonyi; slide No. 168 SJ. Simonyi (coll. S. J. Simonyi; depositedintHeHungarianNaturalHistoryMu- seum, Budapest). AlongseriesofparatypesfromTurkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iranand tHeRussiansideoftHeCaucasusrange, listedintHeoriginaldescription .

Diagnosis. Heliophobusdalmae WasrecentlydescribedintHeNoctuidae Europeae, Vol. 12 (pages 185–187), folloWingtHestandardoftHepresentpublication. THus, tHereisnoneedtorepeattHedetailsoftHediagnosisandde- scription, andonlytHemostdistinctivefeaturesaresummarisedbeloW.

THe foreWing of H. dalmae is narroWer tHan tHose of H. reticulata and H. unicolor, HavingtHeapexmorepointed , tHanin H. mongoliensis and H. reticulata (tHeapexoftHelatterspeciesisratHerrounded). Heliophobusdalmae differs fromtHesetHreecloselyrelatedspeciesbyitspalegreyisH-WHitisHsuffused broWnforeWinggroundcolourWitHocHreousHue, andbytHenarroWerand paler, broWnisH-greymarginalsuffusionoftHeHindWing. Wingspan 34–42 mm.

THediagnosticfeaturesoftHegenitalapparatusof H. dalmae aretHebiggestandbroadestaedeagusWitHintHisspecies- group, tHelongandcoiled vesicaWitHtWofullcoils, longandWavedsclerotisedribbonandWitHsHort cornutifieldintHemales; andtHetWocoilsoftHeappendixbursaeintHefe- males, incorrespondenceWitHtHeconfigurationoftHemalevesica. THeWell- developedleftdigitusof H. dalmae issimilartotHatof H. unicolor .

Bionomics. THeHabitatsof H. dalmae aredrymeadoWs, Hillsidesandxe- rotHermicgrasslandsoftHeHigHmountains, betWeen 1100–2800 maltitudes. THeadultscanbefoundfrommid- MaytobeginningofAugust.

Distribution. Heliophobusdalmae occursintHeCrimeanPeninsula, tHe Caucasusrange, TurkeyandNWIran.

Figures

Figs 1–15. 1–4 = Heliophobus reticulata (Goeze, 1781): 1 = male, SWitzerland, Wallis, 2 = male, Bulgaria, C. BalkanMts, 3 = male, Hungary, BudaHills, 4 = female, Romania, Transylvania. 5–8 = H. dalmae Simonyi, 2012: 5 = Holotype, male, Turkey, Prov. Agri, 6 = paratype, female, Turkey, Prov. NevşeHir, 7 = paratype, female, Armenia, 8 = paratype, male, Iran, Prov. Zangan. 9–15 = H. unicolor (AlpHéraky, 1889): 9 = lectotype, male, TienSHan, Kuldja, 10 = male, Tajikistan, W. PamirMts, 11 = female, Tajikistan, DarvazMts, 12 = male, Kyrgyzstan, TransalaiMts, 13 = male, Kyrgyzstan, NTienSHan, 14 = male, KazakHstan, Ketmenrange,