Caligula japonica Moore, 1862

Dubatolov, V. V., Zinchenko, V. K & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., 2023, Autumn moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Kunashir Island, Far Eastern Entomologist 474, pp. 11-24 : 16

Caligula japonica Moore, 1862

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , Danilovskii kordon, 17-18.IX 2022, 1 ♂ ; several specimens on photos: Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Nature Reserve “Kurilsky” administration territory, at light, 25.VIII 2022 ( A. Yakovlev), 1 ♀ ; Yuzhno-Kurilsk, at light, 4.IX 2022, 2 ♂ ( A. Kisleiko ) ; Iturup Is.: airport Yasnyi , 26.VIII 2022, 1 ♀ ( E. Kartashova) ; Kurilsk, 27.VIII 2022, 1 ♀ ( O. Tsiplakov ) ; Gornoe, 5.X 2022, 1 ♂.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: SE part of Amuraskaya oblast’, south part of Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai, Southern Sakhalin; presence on Kuril Islands was supposed by Zolotuhin (2019); Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yaku, Amami, Okinawa; Korea, China, including Taiwan (Kishida, 2011). Untill 2021, nobody discovered the species in Southern Kuril Islands during the flight time, but in 2022 several findings were made both in Kunashir and Iturup. Unfortunately, most of these findings were photographic only, but the single male in poor condition was caught at western coast of Kunashir.

Family Notodontidae