Catoptria hannemanni Alberti, 1967

Catoptria hannemanni Alberti, 1967 View in CoL

( Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 1–8 , 42 View FIGURES 41–44 , 50 View FIGURES 49–52 )

Catoptria hannemanni Alberti, 1967 View in CoL . Type locality: Russia, Caucasus Mts , Teberda-Dombai, Kluchorskij pereval (Kluchorpass), 2816 m. Type material: MfN.

Material examined: Russia: 2 males, 2 females, NW Kaukasus, Dombai, 23.vii.1971, Mussa-Atachitara, 3000 m, B. Müller legit, GS 1060, 4335 and 5177 GB, SNSB and RCGB ; 1 male, Caucasus Sept. occ., Dombai , 2200 m, Bu-Ulgen-Tal, 26.vii.1973, B. Müller legit, GS 6948 GB, SNSB .

Diagnosis: The adult ( Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ) is distinguished from other congeners by having a forewing with an irregular but well defined longitudinal off-white stripe and a large, arched subterminal band. In the male genitalia ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 41–44 ), the phallus, with four apical teeth and more than sixty stout cornuti, is a unique feature among congeners. In the female genitalia ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 49–52 ), the ostium bursae is laterally enlarged and the ductus bursae is strongly folded medially, characters which are distinctive from related species.

Description of female genitalia: ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 49–52 ) Papillae anales subtriangular, with sclerotized section narrowing dorsally. Apophyses posteriores subtriangular. Apophyses anteriores subtriangular, broad, poorly produced. Abdominal segment VIII sclerotized, with sternite modified in a large subrectangular, wrinkled sclerite above ostium bursae. Ostium bursae rounded, with a lateral spoon-like sclerite. Ductus bursae 1.3 as long as corpus bursae, strongly sclerotized basally, wrinkled and sclerotized medially, longitudinally wrinkled distally. Corpus bursae suboval, bursae with two rows of scobinations, but without a real signum.

Distribution: Russian Caucasus.