New data on geometroid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Uraniidae and Geometridae) from Sakhalin and Moneron islands with notes on their taxonomy distribution and ecology
Author
Beljaev, Еvgeniy A.
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
Author
Titova, Olga L.
Sakhalin Territory Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Sakhalinskaya oblast, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-08
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Trichopteryx carpinata
(Borkhausen)
(
Fig. 26
)
Trichopteryx carpinata
:
Beljaev & Mironov 2019: 257
(
Sakhalin
).
Material examined.
1 ♀
, Novoaleksandrovsk,
12.V.2011
; 1 ♂, Leonidovo,
12.VI.2017
.
Distribution.
Russia
(S RFE: S and central
Sakhalin
, S Khabarovskii Krai, S Amurskaya Oblast, Primorskii Krai; S and W Siberia, Urals, European Part, N Caucasus), N
China
(
Gansu
),
Mongolia
, northern
Kazakhstan
,?
Turkey
, Europe.
Remarks.
The finding of
T. carpinata
in
Sakhalin
significantly expands its distribution range to the east. Its larvae are polyphagous on deciduous trees, mainly on the various
Betulaceae
(
Alnus
,
Betula
,
Carpinus
) and
Salicaceae
(
Populus
,
Salix
).
Externally and in the genitalia shape,
T. carpinata
is similar to
T. ignorata
Inoue.
Both species have never been compared in literature and can be easily confused superficially. Since
T. carpinata
is found in
Sakhalin
and
T. ignorata
is known from neighbouring
Hokkaido
, a key to these species may be useful in distinguishing between them, as their ranges may overlap on these islands. The European moths of
T. carpinata
and their genitalia, which well conform to the East Asian ones, can be seen in
Hausmann & Viidalepp (2012
, fig. 268), and on the sites Lepiforum e.V. (
Schön
et al
. 2023
) and Mothdissection.co.uk (
Wheeler
et al.
2023
). The characters of
T. ignorata
are compiled based on
Yazaki (1978
, figs 7, 8, 11),
Nakajima & Yazaki (2011
, figs 1-051-28, 29),
Hashimoto (2021: 61
, figs 61A–B, 68), and the site Jpmoth (
Niwakagamania
et al.
2021
).