Patania ruralis ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Lee, Tak-Gi, Heo, Un-Hong & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2022, Status of Patania harutai (Inoue, 1955) in Korea, with a new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), and clarification of their host plants, Zootaxa 5196 (3), pp. 407-419 : 410

Patania ruralis ( Scopoli, 1763)

Phalaena ruralis Scopoli, 1763: 242 . TL: Carniolia.

Notarcha dubia Hampson, 1891: 38 , 136, pl. 155, fig. 16. TL: Nilgiri.

Slepta [sic] luteolalis South in Leech et South, 1901: 467, pl. 14, fig. 18. TL: Chia-kou-ho, Wa-shan.

Scoparia dubitalis f. opacata Meder, 1934: 359–360 . TL: North Frisian Islands.

Host plants. Apiaceae ( Cnidium officinale Makino ), Cannabaceae ( Humulus spp. , such as H. japonicus Sieboid et Zucc. ), Chenopodiaceae ( Atriplex spp. , Chenopodium spp. ), Fabaceae ( Glycine max (L.) Merr., Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet, Vicia cracca L., V. faba L., V. hirsuta (L.) Gray, V. unijuga A.Braun , Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi et H.Ohashi , V. radiata (L.) R.Wilczek, V. umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi et H.Ohashi , V. unguiculata (L.) Walp.), Grossulariaceae ( Ribes spp. ), Leguminosae ( Phaseolus radiatus L., P. vulgaris L., P. vulgaris var. humilis Alef. ), Rosaceae ( Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim., Potentilla fragarioides var. major Maxim. ), Rubiaceae ( Galium pogonanthum Franch. et Sav. ), Saxifragaceae ( Astilbe rubra Hook.f. et Thomson ), Urticaceae ( Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich., B. nivea var. nipononivea (Koidz.) W.T.Wang , B. sieboldiana Blume , B. spicata (Thunb.) Thunb. , B. tricuspis (Hance) Makino , Urtica dioica L., U. thunbergiana Siebold et Zucc. ), Pteridophytes ( Bae & Paek, 2006; Bae et al., 2008; Heo, 2012; Slamka, 2013; Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2013).

Distribution. Korea, Southeast Russia, China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Nepal, Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia ( Inoue, 1982; Park, 1983a, 1983b; Bae, 2001; Bae and Paek, 2006; Bae et al., 2008; Byun et al., 2009; Slamka, 2013; Yamanaka and Sasaki, 2013).

Remarks. This species was recorded in Korea before Paik & Park (1963).