Eupithecia siata Brandt, 1938

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Eupithecia siata Brandt, 1938, Ent. Rdsch. 55 (60): 701, figs 427, 428. Holotype ♂ (NHRS; examined), [Iran]: Comèe.

Material examined. ♂, Iran, Fars, Straße Ardekan–Talochosroe, Comèe, ca 2600 m, 15.viii.1937, coll. Brandt, 77/ 57, coll. RMS, Holotype Eupithecia siata Brdt. Brandt, R.M. prep. 4900, siata Brdt. Präp. Nr. S 1213 ♂ det. E. Schütze, Kassel, photo 22 A 80 det. A. Vojnits (holotype, NHRS); 1♀, same locality and altitude, 2.viii.1937, coll. Brandt, coll. RMS, 29, Allotype Eupithecia siata Brdt. Brandt, photo 23 A 80 det. A. Vojnits (paratype [without abdomen], NHRS); 1♀, same locality and altitude, Juli 1937, coll. Brandt, coll. RMS, 30, Paratype Eupithecia siata Brdt. Brandt (paratype [without abdomen], NHRS). 2♀, Türk.–Ostkurdistan, Van Gölü, ca 1800 m, 1.–31. Juli 1965, Herbert Noack leg. (SMNK).

Notes. Originally described from Iran (Brandt 1938), this species is new for the fauna of Turkey. Both known Turkish specimens are worn. E. siata flies from late May to the middle of August from about 800 m up to about 2,650 m above sea-level. Male and female genitalia of E. siata, belonging to the graphata species-group, will be described and illustrated in a further publication in due course.