Data on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of Turkmenistan

Abstract

In this paper we present a short survey of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) studies, localities of investigations and the check list of found and designated 176 species, 15 of which are new for Turkmenistan and 2 are presumed to be new for science.

Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Species Sampled from Khabr National Park, Kerman, Iran Part I.

“…09.2009;Khabr road, 20.10.2009;Shahe-Velayat, 25.10.2009. (35 specimens) Distribution: Palaeotropical, this species has almost been reported from all countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe: in Turkmenistan (Ivinskis & Miatleuski 1999), Cyprus (Fibiger et al 1999), Mongolia (Gyulai & Ronkay 1999). In Iran, this species has been reported from Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi, Tehran, Mazandaran, Ardabil, (Ebert & Hacker 2002), Sistan va Balouchestan (Brandt 1941), Fars and Lorestan provinces (Hacker & Kautt 1999).…”

“…09.2009; Shah-e-Velayat, 25.10.2009. (3 specimens) Distribution: Ponto-Mediterranean; Meditrranean ilands, Kazakhstan (Goater et al 2003); Turkmenistan (Ivinskis & Miatleuski 1999). In Iran, this species has been reported from Tehran, Khouzestan (Ebert & Hacker 2002) and Golestan (Wieser & Stangelmaier 2005) provinces.…”

“…09.2009. (12 specimens) Distribution: Ponto-Turkestanian; Turkmenistan (Ivinskis & Miatleuski 1999), Levant (Hacker 2001), Afghanistan . In Iran, C. boryphora has been collected from Sistan va Balouchestan and Khorasan provinces (Brandt 1941).…”

“…09.2009;Khabr road, 20.10.2009;Shahe-Velayat, 25.10.2009. (43 specimens) Distribution: Palaeotropical, Central Europe, Turkey, Levant, Iraq, Israel (Kravchenko et al 2005), Turkmenistan (Ivinskis & Miatleuski 1999). In Iran, this species has been reported from Tehran, Mazandaran, Esfahan, Yazd, Semnan, Qom, Qazvin, Zanjan, Azarbayjan-e-Sharghi,…”

“…(18 specimens) Distribution: Palaearctic. Europe (migrant in the north), North and East Africa, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, India (Matov et al 2008), Levant, Iraq, Israel (Kravchenko et al 2005), Turkmenistan (Ivinskis & Miatleuski 1999). In Iran, it has been recorded from Yazd, Khorasan, Zanjan, Qom, Lorestan, Bushehr, Markazi, Golestan, Semnan, Khorasan, Tehran, Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi, Kerman and Sistan va Balouchestan provinces (Hacker 1990;Ebert & Hacker 2002;Matov et al 2008).…”