Scopula floslactata (Haworth, 1809)

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 : 57-58

40. Scopula floslactata (Haworth, 1809)

(adults Fig. 28D ; male gen. Figs. 47J–47L ; female gen. Fig. 54F )

Scopula lactata (Haworth, 1809) : Viidalepp, 1976: 849.

Scopula floslactata: Viidalepp, 1996: 55 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 126; Mironov et al., 2008: 208 (region 26: “?”, region 27); Belova, 2015: 220; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 279; Makhov & Beljaev, 2019: 15 .

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Yelantsy, 9.VI.2020, 2 ♁; Gogon, 18.VI.2020, 1 ♁; Snezhnaya, 8.VII.2013, 1 ♁, 1 spm.; same loc., 9.VII.2013, 2 ♁; same loc., 20. VI.2016, 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148351 ), 2 ♀; Rodnik , 13. VI.2016, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; Irkut, no date, 7 ♁, 1 ♀, (unknown collector) [ ZIN]; B. Solontsovy, 27.IV.2004, 1 spm.; Izumrudnoye , 25. VI.2004, 1 spm., O. Berlov [ EB]. Buryatia: Mondy , 20.VII.2019, 1 ♀; Mostovka , 24–25. VI.2016, 1 ♁, 1 spm., I. Makhov; Ulan-Ude , 10. VI.1959, 1 ♁; same loc., 13. VI.1959, 1 ♁; Selenginsk , 8. VI.1959, 1 ♀; same loc., 13. VI.1956, 1 ♁, V. Kolmakova [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Throughout the Russian territory from Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Primorye, Sakhalin Isl. and Kuriles (except Caucasus, Kamchatka, Magadanskaya Oblast and northern part of Khabarovsky Kray). Outside Russia in Europe, Mongolia, N and NE China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu Isl.).

Hostplants: fresh and flaccid leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus , Lonicera , Betula , Alnus , Galium , Solidago , Rumex , Epilobium , Polygonum , Taraxacum , Vicia , Salix , Populus ( Beljaev 2016) .

Figures

FIGURE 28. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula subpunctaria; B—S. prouti; C—S. flaccidaria; D—S. floslactata.

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.