Thetidia chlorophyllaria (Hedemann, 1878)

Makhov, Ilya, 2023, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: identification keys and annotated catalogue with notes to DNA barcoding. Part 2. Archiearinae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae, Zootaxa 5294 (1), pp. 1-120 : 28-29

2. Thetidia chlorophyllaria (Hedemann, 1878)

(adults Figs. 16A , 57A ; male gen. Figs. 33F, 33G ; female gen. Fig. 37B )

Thetidia chlorophyllaria: Viidalepp, 1976: 845 ; 1996: 63; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 103; Makhov & Beljaev, 2019: 9 ; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 253.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 10.VII.2012, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; same loc., 27.VII.2006, 1 ♀, A. Didorenko; Verkhnelenskaya gora, 20. VI.1913, 1 ♁ ; same loc., 30. VI.1913, 4 ♁ ; Glazunova, 1.VII.1913, 1 ♀, S. Rodionov [ ZIN] ; B. Koty, 2.VIII.1965, 1 ♁, unknown collector [ BF] ; Onokhoy , 15.VII.2008, 1 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB]. Buryatia: Beloozersk, 3.VII.2016, 1 spm.; M. Tasarkhay, 8–9.VII.2016, 1 ♀, 4 spms.; Tarbagatay , 13.VII.2018, 2 ♁, 2 ♀ (GenBank ID: MZ148360 ), I. Makhov [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Siberian–Far Eastern, subboreal. From Krasnoyarsky Kray to Primorye. Outside Russia: Mongolia, NE SE China, Inner Mongolia, the Western Plateau, N and Central Korea.

Hostplants: unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Adults of Siberian Geometrinae. A—Thetidia chlorophyllaria; B—T. smaragdaria; C—Comibaena amoenaria; D—Hemistola intermedia Lectotype; E—Geometra zimmermanni Lectotype.

FIGURE 33. Male genitalia of Siberian Geometrinae. A, B—Geometra papilionaria; C–E—Comibaena amoenaria; G, F— Thetidia chlorophyllaria; H, I—T. smaragdaria; J–L—Jodis lactearia; M–O—J. putata. A, D, F, H, J, N—genital segment; B, E, G, I, K, O—phallos; C, L, M—sternite A8. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 37. Female genitalia of Siberian Geometrinae. A—Geometra papilionaria; B—Thetidia chlorophyllaria; C—T. smaragdaria; D—Comibaena amoenaria; E—Hemistola chrysoprasaria; F, G—H. zimmermanni; H—Hemithea aestivaria. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 57. Adults of some Siberian Geometrinae in live. A—Thetidia chlorophyllaria (male); B–D—H. zimmermanni (B— male, C, D—females); E—Chlorissa viridata (male); F—Thalera chlorosaria (male). Photos by Marya Dementyeva (Irkutsk).