Description of the hitherto unknown female of the little-known Central Asian owlet moth species Dasypolia marijana Benedek, Saldaitis & Babics with new data on its distribution (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Xylenini)

2025

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DOI 10.37828/em.2025.88.8
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Abstract

Dasypolia marijana Benedek, Saldaitis & Babics, 2014 described from western Xinjiang Province of China is reported from Kyrgyzstan and East Kazakhstan for the first time, which expands the known range of the species by more than 700 km to the north-east. The hitherto unknown female of the species is described and diagnosed. The subspecies D. marijana almatinka Benedek, Saldaitis & Babics, 2014 described from Southeast Kazakhstan is synonymised with the nominate subspecies. Adults and male and female genitalia are illustrated, and the distribution map is provided.