Scopula flaccidaria (Zeller, 1852)

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

39. Scopula flaccidaria (Zeller, 1852) *

(adults Fig. 28C ; male gen. Figs. 47G–47I ; female gen. Fig. 55A )

Scopula flaccidaria: Makhov & Lukhtanov, 2021: 842 .

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: “ Listvenichnoye [Listvyanka], Popova, 1953”, 2 ♁, [ ZIN]. Buryatia: “Jrkut!” [ Irkut river ], 1 ♀ (unknown collector) [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Central-Asian, aride. SE Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, N. Afghanistan.

Hostplants: different herbs.

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 55. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula flaccidaria; B—S. cajanderi; C—S. albiceraria; D— Cyclophora albipunctata; E—Timandra rectistrigaria; F—T. griseata. Scale bar—1 mm.