Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878)

Rybalkin, S. A. & Beljaev, E. A., 2023, First data on spring Geometridae (Lepidoptera) on Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Entomologist 482, pp. 22-32 : 24

* Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878)

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MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 21–22.V 2021, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (Primorskii Krai, S Kurils – Kunashir), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima), Korea, China (Taiwan). This species is recorded from Kuril Islands for the first time.

REMARKS. The larvae are polyphagous on different leaved trees, in Japan they recorded on Quercus salicina , Castanea crenata ( Fagaceae ), Malus ( Rosaceae ) and Wisteria floribunda ( Fabaceae ) ( Sato, 2011).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Moths from Kunashir Island, dorsal view. 1 – Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878), ♂; 2 – Myrioblephara cilicornaria (Püngeler, 1903), ♂; 3 – Trichopteryx fastuosa Inoue, 1958; 4 – Trichopteryx terranea (Butler, 1878); 5 – Trichopteryx ussurica (Wehrli, 1927), ♂; 6 – Esakiopteryx volitans (Butler, 1878), ♀; 7 – Eupithecia clavifera Inoue, 1955; 8 – Eupithecia daemionata Dietze, 1904.