Scopula aequifasciata (Christoph, 1881)

Makhov, Ilya, 2023, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: identification keys and annotated catalogue with notes to DNA barcoding. Part 2. Archiearinae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae, Zootaxa 5294 (1), pp. 1-120 : 58

41. Scopula aequifasciata (Christoph, 1881)

(adults Fig. 29A ; male gen. Figs. 47M–47P ; female gen. Fig. 54G )

Scopula aequifasciata: Viidalepp, 1996: 55 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 127; Mironov et al., 2008: 208; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 278.

Material examined. Buryatia: Onokhoy , 20.VII.2000, 1 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB]. Zabaikalsky Kray: Sretensky Distr. , Shilka river valley, 4.5 km NE of Molodovsk vill. (52°16’58”N 117°55’30”E), 11.VII.2020, 4 ♁, 1 ♀; Sretensky Distr. , Kuenga river valley, 3 km N of Dunayevo vill. (52°05’53”N 117°02’24”E), 8–9.VII.2020, 3 ♁ (GenBank ID: OK073255 ), I. Makhov [ ZIN]. Amurskaya Oblast : Tyndinsky Distr. , Kirovskoye, 10.VIII.1968, 1 ♀, Pushkov [ ISEA] .

Distribution. Siberian–Far Eastern, subboreal. Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye. Outside Russia in N and NE China, N Korea.

Hostplants: unknown.

Remarks. In the recent article of Expósito-Hermosa & Viidalepp (2019) the authors erroneously reported “ Scopula butleri Prout, 1913 ” for the Russian Far East. The illustrated female and its genitalia (including the description) unambiguously belong to Scopula aequifasciata .

Figures

FIGURE 29. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula aequifasciata; B—S. cajanderi; C—S. albiceraria; D—Cyclophora albipunctata.

FIGURE 47. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A–C—Scopula subpunctaria; D–F—S. prouti; G–I—S. flaccidaria; J–L— S. floslactata; M–P—S. aequifasciata. A, D, G, J, P—genital segment; B, E, H, L, O—sternite A8; C, F, I, K, M, N—phallos (M—lateral view, N—ventral view). Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 54. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula immutata; B—S. frigidaria; C—S. ternata; D—S. subpunctaria; E—S. prouti; F—S. floslactata; G—S. aequifasciata. Scale bar—1 mm.