Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988

Koshkin, Evgeny S., 2024, A review of the genus Dodia Dyar, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) with description of a new remarkable species from the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 5458 (1), pp. 53-72 : 58-60

Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988

Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988: 638 , fig. 5. Holotype ♂ (ZISP). Type locality: [ Russia, Northern Yakutia], Olenek River between Nizhnyaya Tomba River and Alakit River.

Diagnosis. It differs from the nominate subspecies by smaller size, lighter wing coloration, and poorly developed processes on the apex of the valva, which are smoothed and blunted ( Tshistjakov 1988).

Distribution. Russia: Polar Urals, Taimyr ( Dubatolov 2010), Northern Yakutia (lower reaches of the Lena and Olenek Rivers) ( Tshistjakov 1988).

Notes. The taxonomic status of Dodia albertae eudiopta needs to be clarified using of molecular genetic data. As some authors rightly point out ( Schmidt & Macaulay 2009; Šumpich et al. 2020), the size and coloration of the wings, as well as the shape of the apical part of the valva, vary greatly among specimens from populations in different regions of Siberia, the Far East, and North America ( Fig. 5D ).

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FIGURE 5. Male genitalia of Dodia spp.: A—D. zhenya sp. n., holotype; B—D. zhenya sp. n., paratype, Khabarovsk Krai, Dusse-Alin Range; C—D. zhenya sp. n., paratype, Khabarovsk Krai, northern part of Bureinsky Range; D—D. albertae, Khabarovsk Krai, Dusse-Alin Range (also shown is the apex of the left valva of another male from the same locality).Aedeagus shown in different projections. (Photos by Evgeny Koshkin).