Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)

Makhov, Ilya, 2021, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: keys to species and an annotated catalogue. Part 1. Ennominae, Zootaxa 4962 (1), pp. 1-125 : 38

23. Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)

(wing pattern Fig. 8A ; male gen. Figs 14E, 14F ; female gen. Fig. 32E )

Selenia tetralunaria: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 328 (“Sib. or.”); Djakonov, 1926: 56; Plugar’ & Raygorodskaya, 1964: 85; Raygorodskaya, 1966: 254; 1967: 313; Viidalepp, 1979: 794; 1996: 68; Pleshanov, 1982: 68; Volkova, 1985: 103; Belova, 1988: 21; 2000a: 111; 2000b: 27; Vasilyeva, 1989: 112; Rudykh & Gordeeva, 1997: 64; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 107; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 133; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 60.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 30. VI.2010, 1♂; Lavrentyevo, 21. V.2011, 1 spm.; s. loc., 19. VI.2012, 1 spm.; Rodnik, 13. VI.2016, 2♂; Snezhnaya, 20. VI.2016, 2 ♂, 1♀; Yelantsy, 12. VI.2016, 3♂; s. loc., 7–8. VI.2018, 1♂; Zama, 9–10. VI.2018, 1♂; Tazheranskaya steppe, 10.VII.2020, 1♂ [ IM]; Uladovo , 10. V.1914, 1♂; Tibelti, 19. VI .1916 , 1♂, 1♀; Taltsy, 3.VII.?, 1♂, S. Rodionov [ ZIN]; Podkamennaya , 3. VI.2011, 1 spm., V. Shilenkov [ BF]. Buryatia: Rechka Vydrinaya , 1. VI.2015, 1 spm.; s. loc., 31. V.2015, 2♂; s. loc., 3. VI.2015, 1♂, 1♀; s. loc., 30. V.2015, 1 spm.; Mondy, 1600 m, 17.VII.2013, 1 spm. [ IM] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. From European part of Russia to Kamchatka and Primorye, Sakhalin Isl., Kurils. Outside Russia in Europe, Transcaucasia, N Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu Isl.).

Hostplants: parvifoliate trees: Prunus , Populus , Salix , Alnus , Betula , Crataegus , Malus , also conifers: Larix ( Beljaev 2016) .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Details of morphology of adult. A—Selenia tetralunaria; B—Hypomecis roboraria; C—Macaria continuaria, genital segment; D—Plagodis dolabraria, phallos, vesica everted; E—Hypoxystis reticulata; A, B—wing pattern; C, D—male genitalia; E—female genitalia.

FIGURE 14. Male genitalia of Siberian Ennominae.A, B—Petrophora chlorosata; C, D—Epirranthis diversata; E, F—Selenia tetralunaria; G, H—S. dentaria; I, J—S. ononica; K, L—Spilopera debilis. A, D, E, G, I, K—genital segment; B, C, F, H, J, L—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 32. Female genitalia of Siberian Ennominae. A—Odontopera bidentata; B—Crocallis elinguaria; C—Petrophora chlorosata; D—Epirranthis diversata; F—Selenia tetralunaria; G—S. dentaria; G—S. ononica; H—Spilopera debilis. Scale bar—1 mm.