<strong>A new species of <em>Catocala</em> Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae (sensu lato): Erebinae) from Kazakhstan</strong>

AIDAS SALDAITIS; HUGO JR. L. KONS; ROBERT J. BORTH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.5

Issue: Vol. 3866 No. 4: 25 Sept. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.5

Page range: 543–554

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**A new species of Catocala Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae (sensu lato): Erebinae) from Kazakhstan**

AIDAS SALDAITIS⁺⁻
HUGO JR. L. KONS⁺⁻
ROBERT J. BORTH⁺⁻

Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT–08412 Vilnius-21, Lithuania.

American Entomological Institute, 3005 SW 56th Avenue, Gainesville, FL USA.

LepBio, LLC.

Lepidoptera Noctuidae Erebinae

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Abstract

Here we describe a new Palearctic species in the noctuid genus Catocala. The new species, C. toropovi sp. n., differs from sympatric and morphologically similar C. repudiata Staudinger, 1888 and C. optima Staudinger, 1888, by wing pattern, male genitalia, and COI 5’ mitochondrial DNA. It is recorded from Kazakhstan, with adults having been collected at ultraviolet lights and baited sugar ropes.