Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, [1799])

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 : 40

9. Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, [1799])

(adults Fig. 18A ; male gen. Figs. 34G, 34H ; female gen. Fig. 37H )

Hemithea aestivaria: Viidalepp, 1996: 62 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 129; Mironov et al., 2008: 206; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 254.

Material examined. No specimens were found from the study area. Zabaikalsky Kray : Sretensky Distr. , Kuenga river valley, 3 km N of Dunayevo vill. (52°05’53”N 117°02’24”E), 8.VII.2020, 1 ♁; same loc., 9.VII.2020, 2 ♁ (GenBank ID: OK073114 ), 2 ♀ (GenBank ID: OK073134 ); Sretensky Distr., Shilka river valley, 4.5 km NE of Molodovsk vill. (52°16’58”N 117°55’30”E), 11.VII.2020, 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Throughout the Russian territory from Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Primorye and Sakhalin, Kuriles, Kamchatka and northern part of Khabarovsky Kray. Outside Russia in N America, Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, N China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Isl.).

Hostplants: deciduous trees and shrubs ( Prunus , Betula , Malus , Crataegus , Ribes , Sorbus , Rosa ) ( Beljaev 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Adults of Siberian Geometrinae. A—Hemithea aestivaria; B—Dyschloropsis impararia; C—Chlorissa viridata; D—C. obliterata.

FIGURE 34. Male genitalia of Siberian Geometrinae. A–C—Hemistola chrysoprasaria; D–F—H. zimmermanni; G, H— Hemithea aestivaria; I–K—Thalera fimbrialis; L–N—T. chlorosaria. A, E, G, I, M—genital segment; B, F, H, J, N—phallos; B, F—vesica everted; K—valva, dorsal view; L—dorso-lateral view of genital segment. 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.