Scopula immorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 49-50

19. Scopula immorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

(adults Fig. 23C ; male gen. Figs. 42M–42O ; female gen. Fig. 51G )

Strenia immoraria: Bremer, 1864: 82 .

Acidalia immorata: Erschov & Field, 1870: 163 ; Herz, 1898: 260; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871: 150; Staudinger, 1892: 373; Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 272; Chugunov, 1914: 316.

Scopula immorata: Viidalepp, 1976: 848 ; 1996: 53; Belova, 1988: 19; 2000a: 106; 2000b: 25; 2008: 45; 2010: 21; Vasilyeva, 1989: 105; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 102; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 123; 2020: 72; Mironov et al., 2008: 208; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 279.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Pilot, 22. VI.2010, 2 ♁; same loc., 16. VI .2010 , 1 ♁; Snezhnaya , 21. VI .2016 , 4 spms.; Lavrentyevo , 19. VI.2011, 2 ♁; same loc., 13–16. VI .2018 , 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148352 ); same loc., 20. VI .2019 , 4 ♁, I. Makhov; Kelora , 28. VI .1910 , 2 ♀, N. Kuznetsova ; same loc., 4.VII.1979, 1 ♁, unknown collector; Pivovarikha , 23. VI .1914 , 3 ♁, S. Rodionov [ ZIN]; Podkamennaya , 3.VII.2010, 1 spm.; same loc., 15.VII.2011, 2 spms.; same loc., 2.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 14. VI.2020, 1 ♁, V. Shilenkov [ BF]; Khara-Murin , 8.VII.1984, 1 ♁, S. Sinev [ ZIN]. Buryatia: Babushkin , 22. VI .2016 , 3 ♁; Mostovka , 24. VI .2016 , 1 ♀; Istomino , 23. VI .2016 , 1 spm.; Shara-Azarga , 18. VI.2007, 1 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ ISEA] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate.From Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Far East: Kamchatka, Magadanskaya Oblast, northern part of Khabarovsky Kray and Primorye. Outside Russia in Europe, N Iran, Turkey, Transcaucasia, W Kazakhstan; Mongolia.

Hostplants: Alchemilla , Hieracium , Thymus , Origanum , Artemisia , Lychnis , Plantago , Polygonum and other herbs ( Beljaev 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 23. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Holarctias rufinularia; B—Scopula agutsaensis; C—S. immorata; D—S. corrivalaria.

FIGURE 42. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A–C—Idaea descitaria; D–F—Holarctias rufinaria; G–I—H. rufinularia; J–L—Scopula agutsaensis; M–O—S. immorata. A, E, I, L, N—genital segment, ventral view; B—ditto, valvae shifted; C, D, H, K, O—phallos; G, F, J, M—sternite A8. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 51. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea straminata; B—I. dimidiata; C—I. descitaria; D—Holarctias rufinaria; E—H. rufinularia; F—Scopula agutsaensis; G—S. immorata. Scale bar—1 mm.