First record of noctuid moth Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Southern Primorye as an example of the East Asian species penetrating in Russian fauna
Author
Dubatolov, V. V.
text
Far Eastern Entomologist
2021
2021-04-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.429.2
journal article
10.25221/fee.429.2
2713-2196
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Callopistria aethiops
Butler, 1878
Fig. 1
Callopistria aethiops
Butler, 1878: 200
.
Type
locality:
Yokohama
[
Japan
].
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Russia
: Primorskii Krai, Khasan District, Gamov Peninsula,
Vitjaz Bay
, the
Vostochnyi Cottage
,
42°36.95' N
,
131°11.2' E
, by light,
7–8.IX 2020
,
1♂
, leg
.
V
.
V
. Dubatolov (deposited in Siberian Zoological Museum of the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals,
Novosibirsk
).
DISTRIBUTION. The species occurs in
Japan
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima,
Yakushima, Amamioshima, Okinawa, Ishigakijima, Iriomotejima) (Yeda, 2011);
Korea
from
North to Ulleungdo Is. (Lim
et al
., 2013),
China
including
Hong Kong
(Kendrick, 2017) and
Taiwan
,
Thailand
(Kononenko & Pinratana, 2013),
Nepal
and
India
(from Kashmir and Sikhim southwards to Nilgiris) (Kononenko
et al
., 1998; Yen & Wu, 2009). The record from Vitjaz
Bay is the first in
Russia
.
REMARKS. The specimen from
Russia
has typical
Callopistria
wing pattern (
Fig. 1
),
and is characterized by a darker triangular spot on the middle part of the forewing costal margin.