Scopula subpunctaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)

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 : 57

37. Scopula subpunctaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)

(adults Figs. 28A , 59E ; male gen. Figs. 47A–47C ; female gen. Fig. 54D )

Scopula subpunctaria: Viidalepp, 1976: 849 ; 1996: 56; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 127; Mironov et al., 2008: 209; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 280.

Scopula suppunctaria [sic!]: Belova, 2015: 220.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 6.VII.2010, 2 ♁; Lavrentyevo, 1.VIII.2011, 2 ♁; same loc., 21.VII.2012, 1 ♁; same loc., 14.VII.2013, 2 ♁; same loc., 23.VII.2017, 2 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148356 ), 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Podkamennaya , 16.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 2.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 15.VII.2011, 2 spms., V . Shilenkov [ BF]; Fakel , 12.VII.2010, 2 spms.; same loc., 14.VII.2004, 1 spm .; Irkutsk, 4.VII.2004, 1 spm., E. Berlov [ EB]; Khara-Murin , 30.VII.1984, 1 ♁, V . Dubatolov [ ISEA] . Buryatia: Arshan, 26. VI .2020, 3 ♁; M. Tasarkhay , 7.VII.2016, 1 ♁, 1 ♀ ; Bayan, 6.VII.2016, 2 ♁, 1 ♀; Mondy , 1000 m.a.s.l., 20.VII.2019, 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. Central European regions, Middle Volga region, Volga–Don region, Caucasus, Middle and S Urals, West Siberia, Altai, southern part of Krasnoyarsky Kray, Khakassia, Tuva, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye. Outside Russia: NE and central Europe, Crimea, Turkey, Transcaucasia, N Kazakhstan, N, NE, SW and central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu Isl.).

Hostplants: fresh and flaccid leaves of Artemisia , Melilotus , Lonicera ( Beljaev 2016) .

Figures

FIGURE 28. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula subpunctaria; B—S. prouti; C—S. flaccidaria; D—S. floslactata.

FIGURE 47. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A–C—Scopula subpunctaria; D–F—S. prouti; G–I—S. flaccidaria; J–L— S. floslactata; M–P—S. aequifasciata. A, D, G, J, P—genital segment; B, E, H, L, O—sternite A8; C, F, I, K, M, N—phallos (M—lateral view, N—ventral view). Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 54. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula immutata; B—S. frigidaria; C—S. ternata; D—S. subpunctaria; E—S. prouti; F—S. floslactata; G—S. aequifasciata. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 59. Adults of some Siberian Sterrhinae in live. A—Scopula dignata (male); B—S. decorata (male); C—S. virgulata (male); D—S. beckeraria (male); E—S. subpunctaria (female); F—S. albiceraria (male). Photos by Marya Dementyeva (Irkutsk).