Trichopteryx fastuosa Inoue, 1958

Rybalkin, S. A. & Beljaev, E. A., 2023, First data on spring Geometridae (Lepidoptera) on Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Entomologist 482, pp. 22-32 : 27

* Trichopteryx fastuosa Inoue, 1958

Fig. 3

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 18–26.V 2021, 12 ex., leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (SW Sakhalin: Beljaev & Titova, 2023; S Kurils – Kunashir), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), China (Taiwan).

REMARKS. The larvae possibly are polyphagous on different trees, in Japan they reared on Fagus japonica ( Fagaceae ), Carpinus japonica ( Betulaceae ) and Acer amoenum ( Sapindaceae ) ( Hashimoto, 2021).

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.