Zygaena speciosa Reiss 1937

Figures 1–21.Zygaena speciosa speciosa Reiss, 1937. 1, 2. ♂, “Iran, Prov. Tehran, | Fasham NE, Gardaneh | Yonza S, 3200–3750| m, 19.7.2010, [41/10] | leg. A. Hofmann”. 3. ♀, same data. 4. ♂, “N. IRAN, Alborz Mts Prov. Mazandaran | Alam Koh, Hezar-chal | 36°21’N 50°59’E | 3700 m | 28 vii 1997 | leg. Naumann, Nr. 2376”. 5. ♂, red label, “Cotype ♂, suleimanicola Reiß 1937 [handwritten], H. Reiss”, white label, “Persia sept. | Elburs mts.c.s. | Tacht i Suleiman | Särdab Tal | (Hećerćam) | 4200 m 20.7.37 | E. Pfeiffer & W.Forster | München leg.”. 6. ♂, red label, “Cotype ♂, speciosa Reiß 1936 [handwritten], H. Reiss”, white label, “Persia s. | Elburs mts.s. | Tacht i Suleiman | Hecarčal-Tal | 28–3200m 3-7.VII 36 | E. Pfeiffer- München leg.”, white label, “2.2.1955 | von Güner | zum 40. Geb. | coll. A. Hofmann”. 7. ♀, “IRAN, Tehran | Tehran N, Kuh-e Tochal | S-Seite, 3600–3800 m | 3. u. 4.8.2005, [68/05] | T. & A. Hofmann leg. | ♀ legt Eier [handwritten]“. 8. ♀, “IRAN, Tehran | Tehran N, Kuh-e Tochal |3600–3800 m | 28.6.2006, [15/06] | T. & A. Hofmann leg. larva | e.p.: 12.7.2006“. 9. ♀, “IRAN, Tehran | Tehran N, Kuh-e Tochal | S-Seite, 3600–3800 m | 4.8.2006, [45/06] | A. Hofmann leg.“. 10–21. Zygaena speciosa oseyii ssp. n., 10. Holotype, ♂, (CAHO). 11, 12. Paratypes, ♂, “ Iran, Prov. Gilan | Kuh-e Samamus, Javaherdeh | 20 km SSW, 335 –3400 m |15.7.2006, [31/06] | A. Hofmann leg.“. 13–15. Paratypes, ♀, same data. 16, 17. ♂, “ Iran, Prov. | Mazandaran, Toneka- | bon SW, Gardaneh-ye | Tondrokosh (Zarout), | 3270–3350 m, 13.– | 14.7.2010, [38/10] | leg. A. Hofmann“. 18. ♀, “IRAN, Mazandaran | Tonekabon SW, Gardaneh-ye | Tondrokosh (Zarout), 3270– | 3350 m, 14.7. 2006, [29/06] | A. Hofmann & A. Naderi leg.“. 19. ♂, “ Iran, Prov. Qazvin | NE, Mo’allem Kalayeh | vic., Kuh-e Khash-Chal | 3390–3430 m | 15.7.2010, [39/10] | leg. A. Hofmann“. 20. ♂, same data, but 3550–3700 m. 21. ♀, same data. All specimen CAHO.

Figures 22–29.Zygaena speciosa oseyii ssp. n., habitats, bionomics. 22. Bolder scree habitat (foreground) near Gardaneh-ye Tondrokosh with view to type-locality (arrow) at Kuh-e Samamus around 20 km as the crow flies north-west. Note the clouds coming up from the Caspian Sea and reaching the northern slopes of the higher Alborz Mountain Chains. 23. Female moth nectaring on high-mountain composite Jurinella frigida (Boiss.) Wagenitz (Compositae) (Gardaneh-ye Tondrokosh, 14.VII.2010). 24. On Thymus sp. (Lamiaceae) (Gardaneh-ye Tondrokosh, 14.VII.2010). 25. Valeriana sisymbrifolia Kabath (Valerianaceae) was the only nectar plant noted at Kuh-e Khash-Chal, 3390–3700 m, 15.VII.2010. 26. Cushion zone at Gardaneh-ye Tondrokosh, habitat of Zygaena speciosa and a high-mountain population of Zygaena carniolica. 27. Foggy weather conditions during the flight period of Zygaena speciosa oseyii ssp. n. at its most eastern habitat at Kuh-e Khash-Chal, 3390–3700 m, 15.VII.2010. 28. Ovipositing female (arrow) on larval host-plant (Semenovia tragioides (Boiss.) Manden, Apiaceae) at Kuh-e Khash-Chal, 3390–3700 m, 15.VII.2010. 29. Cocoon with exuviae on the underside of limestone beside the flowering host-plant (Semenovia tragioides), Gardaneh-ye Tondrokosh, 14.VII.2010).

Figures 30–39.Diagnostic characters of male genitalia of Zygaena speciosa speciosa (30– 32, 36, 37) and Zygaena speciosa oseyii ssp. n. (33– 35, 38, 39). 30, 33. Uncus-tegumen complex. 31, 34. Lamina dorsalis. 32, 35. Lamina ventralis. 36, 38. Valva with vinculum and saccus. 37, 39. Phallus (Aedoeagus sensu Alberti, 1958) with cornuti.