Lithostege notata, Bang-Haas

Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan, Zootaxa 3105, pp. 1-46 : 14-15

L. notata Bang-Haas

( Figs. 16 , 44 ; Map 4)

Lithostege notata Bang-Haas, 1906: 138 , pl. 5, fig. 16. Syntype (s) (not traced). Type locality: Tunesia: Gafsa; Dehibat; Foum- Tatahouine.

Lithostege notata: Prout, 1914: 175 ; Prout, 1937: 84, pl. 8g; Prout, 1938: 241; Parsons et al., 1999: 546.

Material examined. 7 3, 3 Ƥ: 1 3: Algerie, Biskra, Décembre 1913, Chlerotti; 1 3: [ Algeria] Biskra, Faroult, Janvior-Février 1910; in ZFMK. 1 3: 2.1.[19]51, [Bushire prov.], Bushire, Fars [according to old maps], Persia, [leg.] E. P. Wiltshire; 1 3, Gohreh [or Ghotb-Abad, Hormozgan prov.] (B.A.) 9.3.1971, [leg.] Paz [ouki], Ayat, gen. prep. 1059/2010 H. R.; 2 3: [ Iran, Chaharmahal-o Bakhtiari prov.] Sarkhoun, 8.3.1972, [leg.] Mirz [ayans], Broum [and], gen. prep. 1058/2010 H. R.; all in SMNK. 1 Ƥ: [ Iran] Khouzestan, 32 km Behbahan, Guenaveh, 6.3.1975, [leg.] Pazouki, Broumand; 1 3, 2 Ƥ: [ Iran] Hormozgan, Kamir [Bandar-e Khamir], 60 m, 10.3.1991, [leg.] Mirz [ayans], Paz [ouki]; all in HMIM. Preparations of genitalia: 2 3.

Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 26–28 mm. Forewing grey, loosely speckled with black scales, the latter often forming indistinct streaks, with a white terminal band (from R5 to CuA2) which is shaded darker grey internally; a second, similar white line starts from apex and continues, more or less parallel to costa, along anterior margin of cell towards base, but not reaching the latter. Hindwing dirty white, notmarked, fringe concolorous. Underside similar to upperside ( Fig. 16 ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 44 ) Valve flat, its proximal part heavily sclerotized. Harpe reduced to a setose band, dorsal projection rather short, curved, distally spined; juxta laterally oblique, apically notched. Female genitalia: see Hausmann & Seguna (2005).

Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in December, January and March.

Additional data on distribution based on literature sources. Prout (1937 – 1939): N Africa, Iraq and Arabia; Wiltshire (1942): Iraq (Table Mts.); Wiltshire (1951): Iran (Bushire, SW Iran); Wiltshire (1990): E Arabia.

Distribution. N Africa, eastern Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South and Southwest Iran (Map 4).

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 21. Adult moths of Lithostege Hübner (left column, a: upperside, right column, b: underside). 16. L. notata (3, Sarkhoun, SW Iran); 17. L. fissurata fissurata (Ƥ, Roche de Sel, Algier); 18. L. fissurata inanis (Ƥ, Baluchistan, E Iran); 19. L. parva (3, Kopet-Dagh, Turkmenistan); 20. L. turkmenica (3, Karakum desert, Uzbekistan); 21. L. farinata (Ƥ, Sarepta, Russia). Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 42 – 44. Lithostege Hübner: Male genitalia & details of abdominal integument. 42. L. hreblayi sp. nov. (gen. prep. 1056 H. R.; type locality, N-Pakistan), a: genital capsule, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 43. L. senata (gen. prep. 1771 J. V., Repetek, E Turkmenistan), a: genital capsule, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 44. L. notata. (gen. prep. 1058 H. R.; Sarkhoun, SW Iran), a: genital capsule, b: aedeagus, lateral view, c: 8 th tergite (right margin curved up). Scale bar: 1 mm.