Zanclognatha lilacina (Butler, 1879)

Koshkin, Evgeny S., 2022, New records of Notodontidae and Erebidae (Lepidoptera) in the Lower Ussuri basin (Russian Far East, Khabarovsk region), Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (1), pp. 66-72 : 70-71

Zanclognatha lilacina (Butler, 1879)

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Material examined. 2♀, Russia, Khabarovsk region, Bikin district, 8 km SE of Boitsovo village, upper reaches of Shivki river, vicinity of “Shivki” scientific station belonging to the Institute of Water and Ecology Problems of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , 46°55'06" N, 134°23'04" E, 165 m, mixed coniferous-broad leaved forest, from 29 June to 1 July 2021 (E. S. Koshkin leg.) ; 1 ♀, same locality and collector, 7 September 2021 .

Distribution. Russia: Khabarovsk region (first records), Primorsky region; China; Korea; Japan ( Kononenko 2010; 2016a; Matov et al. 2019).

Remarks. It is not clear whether the females collected in the Bikin district are migrants from the areas to the south, or whether the process of species naturalization has begun here. Larval host plant is Abies ( Kononenko 2010) . This is one of the dominant tree species in the upper reaches of the Shivki river.

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Fig. 2. Erebidae species from Khabarovsk region (Russia): A — Numenes disparilis, male; B — N. disparilis, female; C — Zanclognatha lilacina, female; D — Enispa albosignata, female. A–D — adults. All specimens from Bikin district: 8 km SE Boitsovo, upper reaches of Shivki river Рис. 2. ВиÃы Erebidae из Хабаровского края (Россия): A — Numenes disparilis, самец; B — N. disparilis, самка; C — Zanclognatha lilacina, самка; D — Enispa albosignata, самка. A–D — имаго. Все экземпΛяры собраны в Бикинском р-не в 8 км ЮВ с. Бойцово, в верховьях р. Шивки