Thetidia smaragdaria (Fabricius, 1787)

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 : 29

3. Thetidia smaragdaria (Fabricius, 1787)

(adults Fig. 16B ; male gen. Figs. 33H, 33I ; female gen. Fig. 37C )

Phorodesma smaragdaria: Erschov & Field, 1870: 163 ; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871: 144.

Euchloris smaragdaria: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 262 .

Thetidia smaragdaria mongolica (Staudinger, 1897) : Viidalepp, 1976: 845; 1996: 63; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 103; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 253.

Thetidia smaragdaria: Vasilyeva & Epova, 1987: 65 ; Vasilyeva, 1989: 105; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 130; Mironov et al., 2008: 205.

Thetidia smaragdaria volgaria (Guenée, [1858]) : Viidalepp, 1996: 63.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Lavrentyevo, 15.VII.2015, 1 ♁; same loc., 21. VI.2015, 2 ♁; same loc., 5.VII.2011, 4 ♁; same loc., 8.VII.2011, 2 ♁; same loc., 14.VII.2013, 1 ♁; Pilot , 3.VII.2008, 1 ♁, I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Fakel , 24.VII.2010, 1 spm.; same loc., 10.VII.2010, 1 spm.; same loc., 9.VII.2012, 1 spm., E. Berlov [ EB]; Podkamennaya , 16.VII.2010, 2 spms.; same loc., 13.VII.2006, 1 spm.; same loc., 25. VI.2007, 1 spm.; same loc., 2.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 16.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 15.VII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 27. VI.2020, 1 ♁; same loc., 4.VII.2020, 1 ♁, V . Shilenkov [ BF]. Buryatia: Beloozersk , 3.VII.2016, 1 spm.; Bayan , 6.VII.2016, 1 spm.; M. Tasarkhay , 8–9.VII.2016, 4 spms.; Gusinoye , 1.VII.2016, 2 spms.; Mostovka , 28. VI.2015, 1 ♁; same loc., 24–25. VI .2016 , 3 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148361 ); Tarbagatay , 13.VII.2018, 1 ♁, 1 ♀; same loc., 23.VII.2021, 11 ♁, 2 ♀; Novoselenginsk , 5.VII.1962, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; Ulan-Ude , 14.VII.1956, 1 ♁, V . Kolmakova [ ZIN]; Dureny , 25. VI .1986 , 1 spm., Yu. Chekanov [ ISEA].

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. From Karelia and S Caucasus to Primorye. Outside Russia in Europe, W Turkey,?Transcaucasia;?N Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia; China, Korea, Japan.

Hostplants: flowers and leaves of Asteraceae ( Achillea , Artemisia , Ptarmica , Tanacetum , Senecio and others) ( Beljaev 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Adults of Siberian Geometrinae. A—Thetidia chlorophyllaria; B—T. smaragdaria; C—Comibaena amoenaria; D—Hemistola intermedia Lectotype; E—Geometra zimmermanni Lectotype.

FIGURE 33. Male genitalia of Siberian Geometrinae. A, B—Geometra papilionaria; C–E—Comibaena amoenaria; G, F— Thetidia chlorophyllaria; H, I—T. smaragdaria; J–L—Jodis lactearia; M–O—J. putata. A, D, F, H, J, N—genital segment; B, E, G, I, K, O—phallos; C, L, M—sternite A8. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 37. Female genitalia of Siberian Geometrinae. A—Geometra papilionaria; B—Thetidia chlorophyllaria; C—T. smaragdaria; D—Comibaena amoenaria; E—Hemistola chrysoprasaria; F, G—H. zimmermanni; H—Hemithea aestivaria. Scale bar—1 mm.