Leucobrephos middendorfii (Ménétriés, 1858)

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 : 27-28

3. Leucobrephos middendorfii (Ménétriés, 1858)

(adults Fig. 15C ; male gen. Figs. 32E, 32F ; female gen. Fig. 32G )

Biston middendorfii: Erschov & Field, 1870: 166 .

Brephos middendorfii: Staudinger & Wocke, 1871: 143 ; Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 260.

Leucobrephos middendorfii nivea W. Kozhantschikov, 1924 : Viidalepp, 1976: 843; 1996: 11; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 235. Leucobrephos middendorfii: Berlov & Berlov, 2008: 50 ; Mironov et al., 2008: 190.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: “ Lower Tunguska river, the road to Korelinskaya vill.”, 15.IV.?, 1 ♁, (unknown collector) [ ZIN]. Altay Republic: Ongudaysky Distr., 25 km NW of Tuekta vill., Seminsky Pass (51°10’26.48”N, 85°37’24.57”E, h= 1620 m), 1 ♁, S.A. Knyazev [ SK] (GenBank ID: OK073156 ). Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): “Jablonevoj (Gebge). Jukutsk-Geb.”, 23.IV.1915, 3 ♁; same loc., 24.IV.1915, 1 ♁, 1 ♀, W. Kozhantshikov; “Yakut expedition of Academy of Sciences, Aldan river, near the estuary of Tymiton river”, 11. V .1926, 1 ♁, Zaykov [ ZIN]. Khabarovsky Kray: “near riv. Chelasin, 25–30 versts [unlegible] Stanovoy Range, Ayan–Nel’kan expedition, end of April–beginning of May 1903 ”, 1 ♁; “56 versts, 20.IV.10” [flew over the snow], 1 ♁; “68 versts, [unlegible], 21.IV.10”, 2 ♁; “57 versts, 21.IV.10”, 2 ♁, Popov [ ZIN]. Amurskaya Oblast : “Zeya river”, no date, 2 ♁, unknown collector; “ Amur expedition of Gondatti, detachment of Prokhorov, placer on the left shore of riv.?Unaka [=Unakha]”, 29.IV.1911, 1 ♁, Nikiforov [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Uralian–Far Eastern, boreal. From Polar Urals to Kamchatka and Primorye. Outside Russia: Mongolia.

Hostplants: unknown. Caterpillars of the nearest species L. brephoides (Walker, 1857) feed on Betula , Alnus , Populus and Salix ( Beljaev 2016) .

Genetic note. There were not available material for DNA barcoding from the Baikal region, however, I have obtained the sequence from Altaian specimen (see “Material examined”). It differs from COI of L. brephoides (inhabits the boreal zone of North America) by 3.2–3.4%.

Subfamily GEOMETRINAE

Tribe GEOMETRINI

Figures

FIGURE 15. Adults of Siberian Archiearinae and Geometrinae. A—Archiearis parthenias; B—A. notha; C—Leucobrephos middendorfii; D—Geometra papilionaria.

FIGURE 32. Genitalia of Siberian Archiearinae. A, B, H—Archiearis parthenias; C, D, I—A. notha; E, F, G—Leucobrephos middendorfii. A, C, E—phallos; B, D, F—genital segment; G–I—bursa copulatrix. Scale bar—1 mm.