Ortholepis betulae (Goeze, 1778)

(Sievers 1852, 1856, 1858, 1863; Erschoff 1880; Kawrigin 1894; Kozhanchikov 1958; Sukhareva & Falkovitsh 1984; Lvovsky 1994; J̹rivete et al. 2000)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 Ƌ, St. Petersburg (E. Miram); 1 ♀, St. Petersburg, 27.vii.1902 (G. Jacobson); 1 Ƌ, Ostrovki, 6.vi.1906 (G. Jacobson) ; 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Beloostrov, 5.vii.1980 (V. Prasolov) ; 1 ♀, Piskarevka, 14.vii.2012 ; 1 Ƌ, Olshanik, 24.vii.2012 .

REMARKS. Single specimens were attracted to light in different habitats, including anthropogenic landscape of St. Petersburg. O. betulae was also observed near Luga (25.vii.2012, 23.vii.2015). Not rare .

DISTRIBUTION. Central and North Europe, temperate belt and northern part of East Europe, Turkey, Siberia, Russian Far East, Japan (Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Aarvik et al. 2017; Koçak & Kemal 2018; Sinev et al. 2019; Slamka, 2019).