Eupithecia jezonica Matsumura, 1927

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 : 13

* Eupithecia jezonica Matsumura, 1927

MATERIAL. Irkutskaya oblast: Olkhonsky distr., Baikalo-Lensky Nature Reserve,

Lake Baikal shore, Cape Bolshoi Solontsovyi, 54º10ʹN, 108º20ʹE, 31.VII 2005, 1♀ , O.

Berlov [ EB].

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: SW and S Siberia (Omskaya oblast, Altaisky krai, Altai Republic, Tyva, Irkutskaya oblast, Zabaikalsky krai), Far East (Amurskaya oblast, Khabarovsky krai, Primorsky krai); E Kazakhstan, China, Taiwan Island, Korea, Japan, N India, Nepal.

NOTES. The species was recently discovered in the Omsk region (Knyazev & Mironov,

2015), where apparently the western border of its range lies.

NOTES. The find of E. jezonica in Irkutskaya oblast reduces the South Siberian gap in the range of this species.