Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878

Dubatolov, V. V., 2021, First record of noctuid moth Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Southern Primorye as an example of the East Asian species penetrating in Russian fauna, Far Eastern Entomologist 429, pp. 8-11 : 9

Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878

Fig. 1

Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878: 200 . Type locality: Yokohama [ Japan].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorskii Krai, Khasan District, Gamov Peninsula,

Vitjaz Bay , the Vostochnyi Cottage, 42°36.95' N, 131°11.2' E, by light, 7–8.IX 2020, 1♂, leg .

V. V. Dubatolov (deposited in Siberian Zoological Museum of the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk).

DISTRIBUTION. The species occurs in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima,

Yakushima, Amamioshima, Okinawa, Ishigakijima, Iriomotejima) (Yeda, 2011); Korea from

North to Ulleungdo Is. (Lim et al., 2013), China including Hong Kong (Kendrick, 2017) and

Taiwan, Thailand (Kononenko & Pinratana, 2013), Nepal and India (from Kashmir and Sikhim southwards to Nilgiris) (Kononenko et al., 1998; Yen & Wu, 2009). The record from Vitjaz

Bay is the first in Russia.

REMARKS. The specimen from Russia has typical Callopistria wing pattern ( Fig. 1 ),

and is characterized by a darker triangular spot on the middle part of the forewing costal margin.

Figures

Fig. 1. Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878, male from Gamov Peninsula, Russia.