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
5369
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https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5369.1.1/52227
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.1
1175-5326
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Acasis viretata
(Hübner)
(
Fig. 25
)
Acasis viretata
:
Viidalepp 1996: 48
(
Sakhalin
);
Beljaev & Mironov 2019: 256
(
Sakhalin
).
Material examined.
1 ♂,
S
Kholmsk,
15.VI.2017
; 2 ♂,
1 ♀
, Yasnomorskoe, 11–13,
14–15.VIII.2020
.
Distribution.
Russia
(S RFE: SW
Sakhalin
, S Kurils—Kunashir, S Khabarovskii Krai, Amurskaya Oblast, Primorskii Krai; S Siberia, Urals, European Part, N Caucasus),
Japan
(
Hokkaido
, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima, Amami),
South Korea
, Transcaucasia, Europe.
Remarks.
The report of
A. viretata
from
Sakhalin
dates back to publication by
Viidalepp (1996)
, and this indication was adopted in
Mironov
et al.
(2008)
and in
Beljaev & Mironov (2019
, 2021). However, in the GBIF website this species is not mentioned among the materials from
Sakhalin
kept in the IZBE Entomological Collection. Here we report an original material on
A. viretata
from
Sakhalin
due to the absence of certain published data.
The larvae of
A. viretata
are polyphagous on various leaved trees and shrubs, feeding on flowers, leaves and fruits. Probably, in
Sakhalin
the species develops in two generations, with the moths flying in June and in August.
The general distribution of the species is given here without a consideration of
A. viretata himalayica
Prout
(SW
China
,
Taiwan
,
Myanmar
, NE
India
,
Nepal
). Judging by the wing patter, this taxon is probably a separate species, as it is given in BOLD: “
Acasis himalayica
” (Sample ID: BC ZSM Lep 71985).