Taxonomical and molecular study on the geometridae (lepidoptera) species in the hakkari province

This study was carried out on the Geometridae family at a total of 44 different stations in Yüksekova, Şemdinli, Çukurca and Derecik districts, including the Hakkari province and its surroundings, between 2019 and 2023. A total of 153 taxa, 145 of which are at species level, from 67 genera belonging to the subfamilies Desmobathrinae, Ennominae, Geometrinae, Larentiinae and Sterrhinae were determined from the research area. Rhodostrophia peripheres Prout, 1938, Triphosa silviae Wanke, Hausmann & Rajaei, 2019, Eupithecia thurnerata Schütze, 1958 and Eupithecia zagrosata Mironov & Ratzel, 2012 are newly recorded species for the Türkiye fauna. In addition, a total of seven taxa were evaluated in the genus category, including three from the Charissa, two from the Idaea, and one from each of the Eupithecia and Cyclophora genera. A female of Nychiodes rayatica, whose female is not yet known, was selected from the study area and described as an allotype. An individual from the Scopula semnana population collected from the study area was described as form albina, taking into account wing patterns and coloration. Fifty six species from the taxa identified in the thesis study have been added to the Hakkâri fauna. In addition, the morphological characteristics of the female Charissa mardinaria species are presented in detail for the first time in this thesis. Within the scope of the study, mitochondrial DNA barcode data (mtCOI gene) of 27 different taxa were obtained. DNA barcode analyses of 16 of these taxa were evaluated. The molecular data obtained were decisive in the definitive identification of Rhodostrophia peripheres and Triphosa silviae species. During this entire process, each taxon identified in the field was discussed taxonomically and defined morphologically.