Graeserotodes, a new subgenus of the genus Plantea Hacker & Ronkay, 1996 from Central Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Xylenini)

Sergey V. Titov, Anton V. Volynkin

2026

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DOI 10.37828/em.2026.101.7

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Abstract

The new subgenus Graeserotodes subgen. n. of the Himalayan genus Plantea Hacker & Ronkay, 1996 is erected to solely include the Central Asian Dryobota contermina Graeser, 1892. The nominate subspecies of Plantea (Graeserotodes) contermina (Graeser, 1892), comb. n. is distributed in the West and North Tien Shan Mountains (within Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), while the population from the Inner Tien Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan) is described as the new subspecies Plantea (Graeserotodes) contermina argillacea ssp. n. The adults, genitalia of both sexes and habitats of the considered taxa are illustrated.