Scopula beckeraria (Lederer, 1853)

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 : 55

32. Scopula beckeraria (Lederer, 1853)

(adults Figs. 26D , 59D ; male gen. Figs. 6A, 6B , 46A–46C ; female gen. Fig. 53G )

Scopula beckeraria amataria Wehrli, 1927 : Viidalepp, 1976: 849; 1996: 56.

Scopula corrivalaria , nec (Kretschmar, 1862): Vasilenko & Gordeeva (Vlasova), 2004: 1436; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 124.

Scopula beckeraria: Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 127 ; Mironov et al., 2008: 208; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 278.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Tazheranskaya steppe, 23.VII.2019, 1 ♁, I. Makhov [ ZIN]. Buryatia: Novoselenginsk , 15. VI .2020, 4 ♁ (GenBank ID: OK073227 ), 1 ♀; same loc., 24.VIII.2020, 2 ♁; Tapkhar, 7.VIII.2020, 4 ♁; Bayan, 9.VIII.2020, 2 ♁; Senokosny, 13–16.VIII.2015, 1 ♁; Gusinoye, 1.VII.2016, 1 ♁; Beloozersk, 3.VII.2016, 1 ♀, I. Makhov; Ulan-Ude, 7.VIII.1959, 1 ♁; same loc., 8.VIII.1959, 1 ♁; same loc., 23.VIII.1959, 1 ♁, V . Kolmakova [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Central Palaearctic, aride. Volga regions (Middle Volga, Volga–Don, Lower Volga regions), East Caucasian region, S Urals, south of West Siberia, Altai, Tuva, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray. Outside Russia in Transcaucasia, Middle Asia, E Mediterranean, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia, N India, N Iran, N Afghanistan, N China.

Hostplants: xerophilous Brassicaceae , Taraxacum ( Hausmann 2004) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Structure details of Scopula males. A–D—polymorphism of sternite A8 in some species; E–J—distal part of hindleg (tibia and tarsus).A, B—S. beckeraria; C, D—S. immutata; E—S. cajanderi; F—S. rubiginata; G—S. floslactata; H—S. subpunctaria; I—S. virgulata; J—S. corrivalaria.

FIGURE 26. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula permutata; B—S. rubiginata; C—S. impersonata; D—S. beckeraria.

FIGURE 46. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Scopula beckeraria; D–F—S. incanata; G–I—S. immutata; J–L—S. frigidaria; M–P—S. ternata. A, D, G, K, O—genital segment; B, E, H, J, M, P—sternite A8; C, F, I, L, N—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 53. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula virgulata; B—S. ornata; C—S. decorata; D—S. permutata; E—S. rubiginata; F—S. impersonata; G—S. beckeraria; H—S. incanata. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 59. Adults of some Siberian Sterrhinae in live. A—Scopula dignata (male); B—S. decorata (male); C—S. virgulata (male); D—S. beckeraria (male); E—S. subpunctaria (female); F—S. albiceraria (male). Photos by Marya Dementyeva (Irkutsk).