Conistra (Dasycampa) albipuncta (Leech, 1889)

Rybalkin, S. A., Benedek, B. & Dubatolov, V. V., 2022, New for the fauna of Kunashir Island moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae, Zygaenidae, Tortricidae, Geometridae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 457, pp. 13-32 : 25-26

* Conistra (Dasycampa) albipuncta (Leech, 1889)

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 19–27.V 2021, 1 ♂, leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (S. Amur Region, S. Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai),

China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima) (Eda & Shikata, 2011;

Kononenko, 2016a). This species is recorded from Southern Kuril Islands for the first time.

REMARKS. The species is easily determined by a widely bifurcated valve apex. There is no photo because the male available has a very poor condition of the wings.