Rheumaptera neocervinalis Inoue, 1982

Makhov, I. A. & Beljaev, E. A., 2019, NEW DATA ON GEOMETRID MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE) OF THE BAIKAL REGION, RUSSIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 391, pp. 1-23 : 12

*** Rheumaptera neocervinalis Inoue, 1982

Figs 5 , 16–20

Rheumaptera cervinalis (nec Scopoli, 1736): Viidalepp, 1977: 570; Berlov & Berlov

2006: 105.

MATERIAL. Irkutskaya oblast: Irkutsk distr., 12 km S of Irkutsk, Lavrentievo noncommercial gardening partnership, 52º08ʹN, 104º18ʹE, 11.VI 2012, 1♂; same locality , 15.V

2012, 2♀; same locality, 17.VI 2012 , 1♂; same locality, 1.VI 2013 , 1♂; same locality, 28.V

2018, 2♂; same locality, 31.V 2018 , 2♂, 1♀; same locality, 14.VI 2018 , 1♂; Irkutsk distr., 5

km E of Irkutsk, Pilot gardening association, 52º18ʹN, 104º25ʹE, 29.V 2009, 1♂ ; same locality, 1.VI 2010, 3♂ [ IM] .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: S Siberia (S Irkutskaya oblast), Far East (Amurskaya oblast,

Khabarovsky krai, Primorsky krai);? Mongolia (Töw Aimag), Korea, Japan (Hokkaido,

Honshu).

NOTES. Rh. cervinalis is reported from Siberia for the first time. The male and female genitalia of Rh. neocervinalis from Irkutskaya oblast ( Figs 16–20 ) are conspecific with those from Primorsky krai, Korea and Japan (Choi, 2013: Figs 73, 124, 175). Previously the species has been wrongly recorded as Rh. cervinalis (Viidalepp, 1977; Berlov & Berlov

2006). Besides, Viidalepp (1975: 454) listed " Calocalpe cervinalis " for the north of Mongolia (Töw Aimag, 75 km North of Ulaanbaatar, Noyon Uul, Suzukteh valley) but later he mentioned it as " Hydria hedemannaria " under the question (Viidalepp, 1996: 30 – " Mongolia?"). Beljaev (2016: 625) supposed this reference may belong to Rh. neocervinalis .

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Adilts. 1 – Ourapteryx ussurica Inoue, 1993, male; 2 – Scardostrenia

Figs. 16–23. The genitalia. 16–19 – Rheumaptera neocervinalis Inoue, 1982, male