Venusia semistrigata (Christoph, 1881)

Rybalkin, S. A., Benedek, B. & Dubatolov, V. V., 2022, New for the fauna of Kunashir Island moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae, Zygaenidae, Tortricidae, Geometridae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 457, pp. 13-32 : 24

* Venusia semistrigata (Christoph, 1881)

Fig. 38

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 20–25.V 2021, 6 ex., leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (S. Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai), Korea, Japan (Hokkaido,

Honshu, Shikoku) (Belyaev, 2016). This species is recorded from Kuril Islands for the first time.

Family Sphingidae

Figures

Figs 33–40. Butterflies and moths from Kunashir Island, dorsal view (33–39) and ventral