Deltote uncula (Clerck, 1759)

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 : 581-582

Deltote uncula (Clerck, 1759)

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Phalaena uncula Clerck, 1759 , Icones Insectorum Rariorum cum Nominibus 1: Pl. 3: 7 (Type-locality: not stated). Synonymy: Phalaena Tortrix uncana Linnaeus, 1761 ; Phalaena singularis Hufnagel, 1766 ; Tortrix unca [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775].

Material examined. 1 male, Jiashan, Helong, Prov. Jilin, 2.viii.2000 (H.L. Han) [ NEFU]; 2 males, 1 females, Russia, Primorye territory, Gornotayezhnoe, 15–18.vi.1992 (V. Kononenko) [ IBSS]; 1 male, 1 female, Russia, Chelyabinsk district, Miass, Ilmen State res., 22–23.vi.2001 (K. Nupponen) [KN]; 1 male, 1 female, South Korea [ CIS]; genitalia prep. male S Korea, HHL-416-1; female Russia, Primorye, VK 739.

Bionomics. Hygrophilous species, inhabits wet meadows, marshes, open wet forest, bushes along rivers or banks. Bivoltine, the moth flies in late V–VII and again in VIII–IX. Larvae feed on Deschampsia caespitosa , Phalaris arundinacea (Poaceae) , Carex and Cyperus (Cyperaceae) . Overwinters as pupa.

Distribution. Eurasian, subboreal. North China (Provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin).—Europe, Central Asia, Russia to Ural, through Siberia to the Far East, Sakhalin and Kuriles, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honhsu).

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.