Cnephasia atlantis, Filipjev, 1934

3. atlantis Filipjev, 1934 View in CoL ( Figs 38 View FIGURES 21–38 , 48 View FIGURES 39–53 )

Cnephasia atlantis Filipjev, 1934 . Bulletin de l’Académie des Sciences de l’URSS 9: 1404. TL: Morocco, “Высокий Атлас [High Atlas], Tachdirt”.

Types. Paratypes: 4 ♂ – “Marokko, Gr. Atlas Tachdirt 2200–2700 m, 2.–10. VII.33. Zerny”, red label “7/m 34 N I м.г.”, “Paratype Cnephasia atlantis Fil ”; “Marokko, Gr. Atlas Tachdirt 2200–2700 m, 2.–10. VII.33. Zerny”, “praep. micr. № 2600 | Cneph. atlantis Fil. ♂ Marokko”, “Praep. micr. SVN 24200 Cnephasia stephensiana atlantis (Filipjev, 1934) S. Nedoshivina praep. 2024”, “Paratype Cnephasia atlantis Fil ”; “Marokko, Gr. Atlas Tachdirt 2200–2700 m, 2.–10. VII.33. Zerny ”, “Paratype Cnephasia atlantis Fil ”; “ H. Atlas Maroc. Tachdirt 2300–2700 m 3.–25. VII.33 Schwingenschuss ”, “Paratype Cnephasia atlantis Fil ” .

Present status. Cnephasia stephensiana atlantis (Filipjev, 1934) .

Comments. The holotype is deposited in NHMV. In the original description, Filipjev mentioned three male specimens from ZISP: 2 males collected 2–10.VII 1933 by Zerny and one male collected 25.VII 1933 by Schwingenschuss. However, an additional male specimen is present in ZISP with the same label as the first two by Zerny, though it lacks labels explicitly designating it as a part of the type series. Despite this omission, I consider it likely to belong to the type series, as it is improbable that a specimen sharing identical labels and morphological characteristics would have been excluded intentionally by the author. Genitalia of both sexes were illustrated by Razowski (1965) .

Taxonomic notes. Razowski (1965) initially listed atlantis Filipjev, 1934 as a bona species, but later, in his work of 1989, he reclassified it as one of three subspecies of stephensiana Doubleday, 1850 , alongside anatolica Obraztsov, 1950, and stolidana Walker, 1863. This subspecies is distributed in Morocco ( Razowski 1989) and differs from the nominate subspecies by its shorter sacculus. We follow this criterium and keep the taxon as a subspecies. However, given the variability of the male genitalia of stephensiana Doubleday, 1850 , a deep taxonomic study of the whole group, including molecular analysis, is in need to clarify the real status of atlantis .