Lobophora misera, (Butler, 1879)

Beljaev, E. A., 2021, Two new for Russia geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Primorsky Krai: recent immigrants or rare species?, Far Eastern Entomologist 443, pp. 1-5 : 2

Paratrichopteryx misera (Butler, 1879)

Figs 1, 2

Lobophora misera Butler, 1879: 443 . Type locality: Yokohama , Japan.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorsky Krai, Khasan District, 13 km

SW Slavyanka, Ryazanovka, 42°47'37"N, 131°15'08"E, on light, 15.V 1987, 1♀,

E.A. Beljaev leg.; 34 km SSW of Slavyanka, western slopes of Gamov Peninsula,

Vityaz, 42°35'57" N, 131°11'14" E, on light, 17.V 2021, 1♀, Yu. Tshistjakov leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (first record), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) (Nakajima &

Yazaki, 2011), South Korea (Choi, 2007).

REMARKS. P. misera is rare species known from the Korean Peninsula only from most northern part of South Korea (Choi, 2007; Kim et al., 2016), on the distance about 600 km SW from new localities in Russia. In Japan it also is rare species with local and limited distribution (Nakajima &Yazaki, 2011). In North

Korea this species has not been found yet. In Japan larvae feed on different Quercus

(Fagaceae) including Q. dentata (Hashimoto, 2021) , which is also common in the

Khasan District of Russia.

Figures

Figs 1–4. Geometrid moths. 1, 2 – Paratrichopteryx misera (Butler, 1879), female: 1 –