Deltote deceptoria (Scopoli, 1763)

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, A review of the genus Deltote Reichenbah, Leipzig, 1817 with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Eustrotiinae), Zootaxa 4007 (4), pp. 580-587 : 582

Deltote deceptoria (Scopoli, 1763)

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Phalaena deceptoria Scopoli, 1763 , Entomologica Carniolica: 214: 527 (Type-locality: Slovenia, “Carniola, Umg. Idriam”).

Synonymy: Phalaena lineodes Hufnagel, 1766 ; Phalaena atratula [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775]; Phalaena atratula Hübner , [1800–1803]), nec. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775.

Material examined. 2 males, Honghuarji, Qiqihar, Prov. Heilongjiang, 17.vi.1987 (S.Y. Fang) [ NEFU]; 2 males, 1 female, Russia, Primorye terr., Barabash-Levada, 12–14.vi.1989 (V. Kononenko) [ IBSS]; 1 male, 1 female, Russia, Transbaikalia, Chita reg., Borzja, 30.vi.1997 (Golovushkin) [ HNHM]; Russia, S Ural, Chelyabinsk distr. Miass, Ilmen State res., 13.vi.1996 (K. Nupponen) [KN]; genitalia prep. male Russia, Primorye, VK 741; female VK 740.

Bionomics. Mesophilous species, occurs in open valley forest along rivers, warm glades, wet meadows, among bushes. Bivoltine, flight period from V to VIII in two generations. Larva feeds on Phleum pratense , Poa altaica (Poaceae) . Overwinters as pupa.

Distribution. Eurasian, subboreal. North China (Provinces Heilongjiang, Xinjiang).—Europe, Russia to Ural, through S Siberia and Transbaikalia, Far East, to Sakhalin and Kuriles.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Deltote spp., adults and habitat of D. walonga. 1. D. bankiana, Russia, Ural, KN; 2. D. uncula, Russia, Ural, KN; 3. D. nemorum, Japan, FMNH; 4. D. deceptoria, Russia, Transbaikalia, HNHM; 5. D. melaleuca, holotype Lithacodia shansiensis, ZFMK; 6. D. melaleuca, illustration by Hampson (1910); 7. D. melaleuca, China, Beijing; 8, 9. D. walonga, China, Prov, Yunnan (8 — male, holotype; 9 — female, paratype). 10. Gardens, meadow and clearings at elevation 2400 m—habitat of D. walonga in South-West China, Prov. Yunnan.

FIGURES 11 – 16. Deltote spp., male genitalia. 11. D. bankiana, S Korea, genit. prep. ASB 5045; 12. D. uncula, S Korea, genit. prep. HHL- 416 - 1; 13. D. nemorum N China, genit. prep., HHL- 1167 - 1; 14. D. deceptoria, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep., VK 741; 15. D. melaleuca, N China, genit. prep. HHL- 3067 - 1; 16. D. walonga, holotype, SW China, genit. prep. HHL- 1380 - 1.

FIGURES 17 – 22. Deltote spp., female genitalia. 17. D. bankiana, S Korea, genit. prep. ASB 5238; 18. D. uncula, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep. VK 739; 19. D. nemorum N China, genit. prep., VK 17 / 05; 20. D. deceptoria, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep., VK 740; 21. D. melaleuca, China, genit. prep. HHL- 1226 - 2; 22. D. walonga, paratype, SW China, genit. prep. HHL- 1381 - 2.