Laothoe amurensis amurensis (Staudinger, 1892)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Kondakov, Alexander V., Tomilova, Alena A., Burchalovskaia, Polina D. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, Laothoe amurensis zolotuhini ssp. nov. from Kunashir Island, Russia (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 118-126 : 122

Laothoe amurensis amurensis (Staudinger, 1892)

Figs 1 A-B−2A

Material examined: RUSSIA: Primorsky Krai, Partizansk city, wastelands, 43º03'51"N, 133º07'03"E, 27- 28.v.2017, V. Spitsyn leg., 1♂ ; Primorsky Krai, riparian forest, 43º30'09"N, 133º21'03"E, 05-06.vi.2017, V. Spitsyn & I. Bolotov leg., 9♂, 2♀ ; Primorsky Krai, Anisimovka village , disturbed broadleaf forests and agricultural landscape, 43º10'26"N, 132º46'50"E, 09-15.viii.2020, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg., 1♂ ; Novosibirsk Oblast, Razdolnoye village , grass-herb meadows along birch forest, altitude 234 m, 55º04'06"N, 83º07'07"E, 26-27.vi.2019, V. Spitsyn leg., 1♂ ; Altai Republic, Souzga village , grass- herb meadows along pine-birch forest, altitude 356 m, 51º52'41"N, 85º52'21"E, 28-29.vi.2019, V. Spitsyn leg., 2♂ .

Distribution. This subspecies is widespread throughout Eurasia from Poland to Korea and North China.

Figures

Figure 1. Laothoe amurensis ssp.: A-B) L. a. amurensis from Primorsky Krai: (A) male; (B) female. (C-F) L. a. zolotuhini Spitsyn, Bolotov & Spitsyna ssp. nov. from Kunashir Island: (C, E) holotype male RMBH Sph0928: (C) upperside; (E) underside; (D, F) paratype female RMBH Sph0927: (D) upperside; (F) underside. Scale bar = 10 mm.