Heterothera taigana (Djakonov, 1926)

Knyazev, S. A., Ivonin, V. V., Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Vasilenko, S. V. & Rogalyov, V. V., 2019, New data on Lepidoptera of West Siberian Plain, Russia, Far Eastern Entomologist 386, pp. 8-20 : 13

Heterothera taigana (Djakonov, 1926)

Fig. 7

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Omsk Province: Ust-Ishimsky district, 5,5 km NW of UstIshim vill., Ashair bog, 57°43'01N ", 71°03'58"E, at light, 2♀, 16–17.VII 2018, S.A. Knyazev

( SKO); Novosibirsk Province: Kolyvansky district, Ust-Toya vill., 54°33'13"N, 84°51'33"E ,

at light, 16.VII 2018, 3♂, 3♀, V. V . Ivonin ( VIN, ISEA).

REMARK. New to the West Siberian Plain and to the Omsk and Novosibirsk Provinces.

The nearest known localities are in Northern Urals, Altai and Sayans (Beljaev, 2016). All specimens were collected in the taiga zone with a predominance of Pinus sibirica – probably,

main caterpillar host plant of the species in Siberia (Beljaev, 2016).

Figures

Figs. 7–12. Adults, dorsal view. 7 – Heterothera taigana from Ust-Ishim; 8 – Eupithecia