Aspitates forbesi ( Munroe, 1963 )

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 : 48-49

52. Aspitates forbesi ( Munroe, 1963)

(male gen. Figs 21A, 21B ; female gen. Fig. 37F )

Napuca forbesi: Viidalepp, 1996: 80 (“N. Siberia”).

Napuca staudingeri: Viidalepp, 1996: 80 (“E. Sayan Mts.”)

Semiaspilates staudingeri: Viidalepp, 1979: 784 (“East Sayan”).

Napuca forbesi staudingeri (Vojnits, 1975) : Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 141.

Material examined. No specimens were found from the study area. Tyumenskaya Oblast: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, 73 km NW of Labytnangi, southern foothills of Kharcheruz’ Range, Longotyegan river,

N67°3’ E66°72’, 20.VII.2015, 1♂, K. Zinchenko; Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, polar Ural, 141 km Seida- Labytnangi, Krasny Kamen railway station, 3–6.VII.2002, 1♂, Yu. Pokhodzey [ ISEA] .

Distribution. Siberian-American, boreal. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Altai, Transbaikalia, Yakutia. Outside Russia in N America.

Hostplants: unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Male genitalia of Siberian Ennominae. A, B—Aspitates forbesi; C–F—A. kozhantchikovi; G, H—A. taylorae; I, J—A. obscurata; K, L—Siona lineata; M, N—Cleora cinctaria. A, E, G, I, K, M—genital segment; B–D, F, H, J, L, N—phallos, C, D—process of phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 37. Femalegenitalia of Siberian Aspitates.A, B—A.taylorae; C—A.curvaria; D—A.obscurata; E—A.kozhantchikovi; F—A. forbesi. A—lateral view; B—lateroventral view; D, E, F—scheme of the sterigma. Scale bar—1 mm.