1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Weitere Informationen

2.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Kovács et al. (2023: 302) erklären: "The new species is dedicated to the great British lepidopterist, Frederic Moore, author of fundamental papers on the Noctuoid fauna of the Himalayan region."

2.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Kovács et al. (2023: 302) erklären: "The species is closely related to H. renifera, H. shizukoae and H. cyanolepis, representing their allopatric western sister taxon. The new species was first recognised by Boursin who found two specimens in the material of the British Museum (now NHM UK) and named it as “Hermonassa moorei.” This species has remained undescribed until its re-discovery in Pakistan and the Indian Kashmir. We accepted the dedication of Boursin and preserved the name “moorei” but the holotype was chosen from the newly collected specimens."

Damit und mit dem Typenmaterial ist auch das Verbreitungsgebiet umrissen, das sich von Pakistan bis in den indischen Teil des Kaschmirs erstreckt.

2.3. Typenmaterial

Kovács et al. (2023: 301) informieren: "Holotype: Male, Pakistan, Himalayas, Kaghan valley, 2200 m, Tathabaya, 23-24.VIII.1998, leg. G. Ronkay & Z. Varga; slide No. RL6701m (coll. Ronkay, NHMW). Paratypes Pakistan: 1 male, Himalayas, Kaghan valley, 2200 m, Tathabaya, 22.VIII.1998, leg. G. Ronkay & Z. Varga (coll. G. Ronkay, NHMW). – 1 female, Himalayas Kaghan valley, near Khanian village, 1770 m, 12-13.IX.1998 leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai (coll. P. Gyulai). – 4 males, 4 females, Kaghan valley, above Shogran, Shiripaya, 3000 m, 18.VII. and 4.VIII.2011, slide Nos GYP4917m, GYP4921m (males), GYP4918f, GYP4920f, GYP4926f (females) (coll. P. Gyulai). – 1 female, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, near Thunian, 2300-2700 m, 25-30.VIII.2004, leg. V. Gurko, slide No. RL8570f (coll. G. Ronkay, NHMW). – [India or Pakistan] 1 male, Rala, H. McArthur coll., June 1888, Leech Coll. slide No. BMNoct 4693♂, “Holotype”, “Hermonassa moorei Brsn.” (manuscript name) (coll. NHM UK London). India: 1 female, [Kashmir] Goorais valley, June 1887, J.H. Leech Coll, 6000’, gen. prep. Tams 1960/65, “Paratype”, “Herm. moorei Brsn.” (manuscript name)(coll. NHM UK London). – 1 male, Jammu & Kashmir, Bal valley near Sonamarg, 1.VIII.1981, leg. W. Thomas, slide No. PL807, IC ENTO 24975 (coll. J. Plante, MHNG)."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

2.4. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Kovács, S. T., Ronkay, G & L. Ronkay (2019): Revision of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). I. The anthracina and dispila species groups, with descriptions of four new species. — Revue Suisse de Zoologie 126 (2): 297-319. [zum Artikel auf zenodo.org]