Lythria purpuraria (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 : 102

49. Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

(adult Fig. 31A ; male gen. Figs. 49E, 49F ; female gen. Fig. 56C )

Lythria purpuraria: Viidalepp, 1977: 564 ; 1996: 11; Mironov et al., 2008: 210; Belova, 2015: 220; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 281 (region 26: “?”, region 27).

Material examined. Buryatia: Selenginsk, 7.VIII.2019, 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148344 ), I. Makhov [ ZIN].

Distribution. Euro–Caucasian–Central Asian, subboreal. From Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Zabaikalsky Kray .

Outside Russia in Europe, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Middle Asia, NW China.

Hostplants: Polygonum , Rumex ( Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012) .

Figures

FIGURE 31. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Lythria purpuraria; B—Rhodostrophia jacularia.

FIGURE 49. Genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A, B—Timandra recompta; C, D—T. paralias; E, F—Lythria purpuraria; G— Rhodostrophia vibicaria; H—R. jacularia; I—Idaea serpentata; J—I. dohlmanni. A, D, E—genital segment; B, C, F—phallos; G–J—bursa copulatrix of female. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 56. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Timandra recompta; B—T. paralias; C—Lythria purpuraria. Scale bar—1 mm.