Idaea nitidata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)

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 : 46-47

11. Idaea nitidata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)

(adults Fig. 21C ; male gen. Figs. 41F, 41G ; female gen. Fig. 50F )

Sterrha nitidata: Viidalepp, 1976: 847 .

Idaea nitidata: Viidalepp, 1996: 52 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 123; Mironov et al., 2008: 207 (region 26: “?”); Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 277.

Material examined. Buryatia: Tatarsky Klyuch , 13.VII.2020, 1 ♀; Mostovka, 28. VI.2015, 4 ♁; Tarbagatay, 29. VI.2016, 1 spm.; same loc., 13.VII.2018, 4 ♁, 3 ♀ (GenBank ID: OK073137 ) ; Bayan, 5–6.VII.2016, 2 ♁, I. Makhov; Ulan-Ude , 24.VII.1959, 1 ♀, V . Kolmakova [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. Volga–Don region, West Caucasian region, Middle Urals, West Siberia, Altai, southern part of Krasnoyarsky Kray, Khakassia, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye. Outside Russia in E and central Europe, Kazakhstan,? Mongolia, NE China, Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima Isl.),

Hostplants: flaccid and dry leaves of different herbs, such as Lactuca , Taraxacum ( Beljaev 2016) .

Remarks. Female genitalia of I. nitidata illustrated in the Key to the insects of Russian Far East by Viidalepp (2005, fig. 248, 1) actually belong to I. nudaria (Christoph, 1881) .

Figures

FIGURE 21. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea dimidiata; B—I. pallidata; C—I. nitidata; D—I. biselata.

FIGURE 41. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A, B—Idaea sylvestraria; C–E—I. pallidata; F, G—I. nitidata; H, I—I. biselata; J, K—I. aversata; L, M—I. straminata. A, C—genital segment, lateral view; D—ditto, ventral view, valvae shifted; F, H, J, L—ditto, ventral view; B, E, G, I, K, M—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 50. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea falckii; B—I. aureolaria; C—I. muricata; D—I. sylvestraria; E—I. pallidata; F—I. nitidata; G—I. biselata; H—I. aversata. Scale bar—1 mm.