Idaea descitaria (Christoph, 1893)

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 : 48

15. Idaea descitaria (Christoph, 1893) *

(adults Fig. 22C ; male gen. Figs. 42A–42C ; female gen. Fig. 51C )

Sterrha descitaria: Viidalepp, 1976: 847 .

Idaea descitaria: Viidalepp, 1996: 51 ; Mironov et al., 2008: 206 (region 26: “?”); Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 277.

Material examined. Buryatia: Ulan-Ude, 5.VII.1959, 1 ♁; same loc., 26. VI.1959, 1 ♁, 1 ♀; same loc., 21. VI.1959, 1 ♁, 1 ♀; Selenginsk, 14. VI.1956, 1 ♁; same loc., 13. VI.1956, 1 ♁, V. Kolmakova [ ZIN].

Distribution. Central Palaearctic, subboreal. South of European part of Russia, S Urals, southern part of West Siberia, Altai, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray. Outside Russia in E Europe, Ukraine, Turkmenistan.

Hostplants: unknown.

Tribe SCOPULINI

Figures

FIGURE 22. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea aversata; B—I. straminata; C—I. descitaria; D—Holarctias rufinaria.

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.