Phalera assimilis (Bremer et Grey, 1853)

Koshkin, Evgeny S., 2022, New records of Notodontidae and Erebidae (Lepidoptera) in the Lower Ussuri basin (Russian Far East, Khabarovsk region), Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (1), pp. 66-72 : 67

Phalera assimilis (Bremer et Grey, 1853)

( Figs. 1A–B )

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, Russia, Khabarovsk region, Bikin district, 8 km SE Boitsovo village, upper reaches of Shivki river, vicinity of “Shivki” scientific station belonging to the Institute of Water and Ecology Problems of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , 46°55'06" N, 134°23'04" E, 165 m, mixed coniferous-broad leaved forest, 23–26 July 2021 (E. S. Koshkin leg.) .

Distribution. Russia: Khabarovsk region, Primorsky region; China (including Taiwan); Korea; Japan ( Schintlmeister 2008; Chistyakov, Dubatolov 2016).

Remarks. Schintlmeister (2008) reports this species in the Khabarovsk region (Khabarovsk) and the south-west of the Jewish Autonomous region without providing any further details. V. Dubatolov writes that he is not aware of any finds of Ph. assimilis from around Khabarovsk ( Dubatolov et al. 2013). In the "Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East", the distribution of Ph. assimilis in the Khabarovsk region is questioned (Chistyakov, Dubatolov 2016). The second edition of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia indicates that, within Russia, this species is only distributed in the Primorsky region ( Matov, Dubatolov 2019). Thus, new finds from the Bikin district confirm Ph. assimilis ’s presence in the south of the Khabarovsk region.

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Fig. 1. Notodontidae species from Khabarovsk region (Russia): A — Phalera assimilis, male; B — Ph. assimilis, female; C, E — Odontosia patricia, male; D, F — O. brinikhi, male. A–D — adults, E–F — male genitalia. Localities: A–C, E — 8 km SE Boitsovo, upper reaches of Shivki river; D, F — Bureinsky Nature Reserve, upper reaches of Pravaya Bureya river, cordon “Kontrolnyi Punkt Svyazi” Рис. 1. ВиÃы Notodontidae из Хабаровского края (Россия): A — Phalera assimilis, самец; B — Ph. assimilis, самка; C, E — Odontosia patricia, самец; D, F — O. brinikhi, самец. A–D — имаго, E–F — генитаΛии самца. Места сбора: A–C, E — 8 км ЮВ с. Бойцово, верховья р. Шивки; D, F — Буреинский заповеÃник, верхнее течение р. Правая Бурея, корÃон «КонтроΛьный пункт связи»