Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Beljaev, Evgeniy A., Vasilenko, Sergey V., Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Zinchenko, Vadim K., 2024, First report on late autumn geometer moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Kunashir Island, Russia (Southern Kurils), Amurian Zoological Journal XVI (4), pp. 979-995 : 982-983

Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material. Andreevskii Cordon, 18–

30.10. – 1– 9.11.2023, + VO (every night) –

68♂♂, 13♀♀; ibid., plateau, in light trap ,

23– 24.10.2023 – 5♂; ibid ., ridge, in bottle, 24– 25.10.2023 – 1♂ (Zinchenko); Kaldernyi Cordon, at light, 30– 31.10.2023 – 7♂; ibid ., 31.10– 1.11.2023 – 2♂ + VO.

Distribution. Russia (European part, Crimea, Urals, S RFE: Amur Obl., Jewish A.O., S Khabarovsk Kr., Primorsky Kr., Sakhalin, S Kurils – Kunashir); Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Northeast China, South Korea, Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North America (introduced?).

Remarks. This species is represented by the East Asian subspecies C. pennaria ussuriensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927 . Flight period of this species on Kunashir Island extends from mid-October to early November, considering the previous data (Beljaev et al. 2023). In the continental part of the RFE, moths are typically observed from mid-September to the end of October. The larvae feed on a various leaved woody plants.