[Entomology • 2025] Igoria parwanae, Colotois shabazherica, ... • Four new ennomine Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Iraqi Kurdistan

  Igoria parwanae gen. n. et sp. n. 
Colotois shabazherica sp. n. 

 Khudhur & Axel Hausmann, 2025 

 

DOI: doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2025.2535148

 

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new genus, three new species, and one new subspecies of moths from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Aleucis orientalis suleimana ssp. n., Pseudopanthera kurdistanica sp. n., Colotois shabazherica sp. n., and Igoria parwanae gen. n. et sp. n. We provide detailed differential diagnoses along with images of adult specimens and both male and female genitalia. Analysis of the mitochondrial COI gene (barcoding region) reveals genetic divergences ranging from 2.45% to 7.35% between these newly described taxa and their closest related congeners.

 

Keywords: Aleucis, Pseudopanthera, Colotois, Igoria gen. nov., Middle East 

Aleucis orientalis suleimana ssp. n.

 Pseudopanthera kurdistanica sp. n.

 Colotois shabazherica sp. n.

Igoria parwanae gen. n. et sp. n. 

Farhad A. Khudhur & Axel Hausmann. 2025. Four new ennomine Moths from Iraqi Kurdistan (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoology in the Middle East. 71(3); 339-350. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2025.2535148 [23 Jul 2025]

[Entomology • 2025] Eupithecia anfala & E. kurdistanica • New geometrid Species of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Iraqi Kurdistan

Eupithecia anfala & E. kurdistanica

 Khudhur, Mironov & Hausmann, 2025

DOI: doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2025.2459502

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Abstract

Based on the newly collected geometrid moths in Iraqi Kurdistan, two new geometrid species are described: Eupithecia anfala sp. n., and Eupithecia kurdistanica sp. n. Differential diagnoses and images of adult moths, male and female genitalia are presented. The status of E. kurdica Prout, 1938 has been elevated from the subspecies of E. irriguata (Hübner, 1813) to species rank based on both morphological and molecular evidences. Additionally, morphological and genetic data are presented to clarify the taxonomy of the species complex around E. unedonata Mabille, 1868.

 

Keywords: Genetic data, macro-moths, new taxa, pug moth

 

Eupithecia anfala sp. n.

Eupithecia kurdistanica sp. n. 

  

Farhad A. Khudhur, Vladimir Mironov and Axel Hausmann. 2025. New geometrid Species of the Genus Eupithecia from Iraqi Kurdistan (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoology in the Middle East. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2025.2459502 

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