Nippoptilia regula (Meyrick, 1906)

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Dubatolov, V. V. & Streltzov, A. N., 2021, FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS NIPPOPTILIA MATSUMURA (LEPIDOPTERA: PTEROPHORIDAE) FROM RUSSIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 438, pp. 13-15 : 14-15

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scientific name	Nippoptilia regula (Meyrick, 1906)
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Figs 1–3 View Figs 1–3

Oxyptilus regulus Meyrick, 1906: 135 View in CoL (type locality: Sri Lanka).

Nippoptilia issikii Yano, 1961: 73 View in CoL (type locality: Hokkaido, Japan); synonymized by

Arenberger (2010).

male genitalia; 3 – female genitalia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorsky krai, Gamov Peninsula, Vityaz Bay,

42°36'N, 131°11'E, at light trap, 7–8.IX. 2020, 1 ♀ ( V. V. Dubatolov) GoogleMaps ; the same locality and collector, but 28–29.IX 2020, 1 ♂ GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (new record), Korea (Kim et al., 2010), Japan (Yano, 1961),

Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia (Meyrick, 1906; Gielis, 2003; Ustjuzhanin &

Kovtunovich, 2017), Malaysia (Arenberger 2010), and Tanzania (Gielis, 2011).

REMARKS. The specimens from Russia are characterized by typical for N. regula wing pattern ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–3 ), and male and female genitalia ( Figs 2, 3 View Figs 1–3 ).