Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878)

Rybalkin, S. A. & Beljaev, E. A., 2023, First data on spring Geometridae (Lepidoptera) on Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Entomologist 482, pp. 22-32 : 24

* Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878)

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MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 21–22.V 2021, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (Primorskii Krai, S Kurils – Kunashir), Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima), Korea, China ( Taiwan). This species is recorded from Kuril Islands for the first time.

REMARKS. The larvae are polyphagous on different leaved trees, in Japan they recorded on Quercus salicina , Castanea crenata ( Fagaceae ), Malus ( Rosaceae ) and Wisteria floribunda ( Fabaceae ) ( Sato, 2011).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Moths from Kunashir Island, dorsal view. 1 – Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878), ♂; 2 – Myrioblephara cilicornaria (Püngeler, 1903), ♂; 3 – Trichopteryx fastuosa Inoue, 1958; 4 – Trichopteryx terranea (Butler, 1878); 5 – Trichopteryx ussurica (Wehrli, 1927), ♂; 6 – Esakiopteryx volitans (Butler, 1878), ♀; 7 – Eupithecia clavifera Inoue, 1955; 8 – Eupithecia daemionata Dietze, 1904.