A review of the genus Pulcheria Alphéraky, 1887 with description of a new species from southeastern Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN; ALEXEJ YU. MATOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.4

Issue: Vol. 3974 No. 2: 22 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-22

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.4

Page range: 196–202

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**A review of the genus Pulcheria Alphéraky, 1887 with description of a new
species from southeastern Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)**

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN⁺⁻
ALEXEJ YU. MATOV⁺⁻

Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina str., 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russian Federation; Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russian Federation.

Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaja naberezhnaya, 1, RF-199034, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Lepidoptera Noctuidae Pulcheria new species Asia

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Abstract

A small Central Asian genus Pulcheria Alphéraky, 1887 is revised. One new species, P. kasymkhani Volynkin & Matov, sp. n. is described from southeastern Kazakhstan (Almaty region). The lectotype for P. catomelas Alphéraky, 1887 and the neotype for P. cinescens Draudt, 1938 are designated. The adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated.