Melanchra postalba (Sugi, 1982)

Rybalkin, S. A., Benedek, B. & Dubatolov, V. V., 2022, New for the fauna of Kunashir Island moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae, Zygaenidae, Tortricidae, Geometridae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 457, pp. 13-32 : 29

Melanchra postalba (Sugi, 1982)

Figs 18 , 51, 52

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 16–28.VII 2015, 6 ex. , 10–25.VII 2017, 2 ♂, leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (S. Khabarovskii krai (new record, the species is common,

together with its sibling Melanchra persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761) in Khabarovsk suburbs),

Primorskii krai, Sakhalin Island (Rybalkin et al., 2018), Kunashir Island), China, Korea,

Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) (Kononenko, 2016a; Rybalkin et al., 2018; Rybalkin et al., 2019).

REMARKS. Identification of specimens from Kunashir and Sakhalin was confirmed by the male genitalia structure.

Figures

Figs 17–24. Moths from Kunashir Island, dorsal view. 17 – Teratoglaea pacifica (Sugi,

Figs 49–54. Male genitalia (49-53) of Lepidoptera and micromoth (54) from Kunashir