Ctenoceratoda lupa (Christoph, 1893)

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 : 134

Ctenoceratoda lupa (Christoph, 1893)

Mamestra lupa Christoph, 1893, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 6: 91. Type-locality: [Iran] Hyrcania, Shahkuh ( “Schahkuh”, "Coll. Christoph [580]", "Ex Coll. H.J. Elwes,1920" "Joicey Bequest, Brit. Mus. 1934-120."). Lectotype: male, in coll. BMNH.

Remarks.

The type material has long been considered to be harboured in the collection of the ZISP. The male specimen from “Schahrud”, dissected by Rjabov (ZISP 7565) cannot be considered as an original type however, since the locality does not agree with the original description. The original specimens (two males, "Schahkuh, Hyrcaniae") were most probably sold by Christoph and one of them was found in the collection of the NHM London, with the labels illustrated in the Fig. 12. This specimen has been designated as lectotype of Mamestra lupa (slide No. RL11753m) (Varga et al. 2017).