Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)

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 : 45

7. Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)

(adults Fig. 20C ; male gen. Figs. 40N–40P ; female gen. Fig. 50C )

Acidalia auroraria (Hübner, 1787) : Erschov & Field, 1870: 163.

Acidalia muricata: Erschov & Field, 1870: 163 ; Chugunov, 1914: 316.

Sterrha muricata: Viidalepp, 1976: 846 .

Idaea muricata muricata: Viidalepp, 1996: 50 .

Idaea muricata: Berlov & Berlov, 2004: 67 ; 2008: 50; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 122; Mironov et al., 2008: 207; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 277.

Idaea muricata minor (Sterneck, 1927) : Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 102.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 1.VIII.2016, 1 ♁; Galaktika, 6.VIII.2013, 1 spm., I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Podkamennaya, 16.VII.2011, 1 spm., V. Shilenkov [ BF]. Buryatia: Rechka Vydrinaya , 20.VII.2014, 1 ♁; M. Tasarkhay, 9.VII.2016, 2 ♀; same loc., 8.VII.2016, 4 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148340 ), 3 spms., I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Kurba, 16.VII.1976, 1 ♀, Kozakevitch & A. Tarmaeva [ ISEA] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. From Kaliningradskaya Oblast and N Caucasus to Primorye, Sakhalin Isl. and Kuriles. Outside Russia in Europe, Transcaucasia, Mongolia, N, NE, SW and central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima Isl.).

Hostplants: flaccid leaves of herbs and shrubs ( Potentilla , Anemone , Pimpinella , Festuca , Plantago , Polygonum , Galium , Comarum , Rubus ) ( Beljaev 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 20. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea falckii; B—I. aureolaria; C—I. muricata; D—I. sylvestraria.

FIGURE 40. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Idaea dohlmanni; D, E—possible hybrid I. dohlmanni × I.serpentata; F, G—I. serpentata; H–J—I. falckii; K–M—I. aureolaria; N–P—I. muricata. A, D, F, H, K, O—genital segment, ventral view; B, D, I, M, P—ditto, lateral view; C, E, G, J, L, N—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 50. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea falckii; B—I. aureolaria; C—I. muricata; D—I. sylvestraria; E—I. pallidata; F—I. nitidata; G—I. biselata; H—I. aversata. Scale bar—1 mm.