Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767)

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 : 46

9. Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767) *

(adults Fig. 21A ; male gen. Figs. 39M, 39N ; female gen. Fig. 51B )

Idaea dimidiata: Makhov & Lukhtanov, 2021: 842 .

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: “ Listvenichnoye [Listvyanka], Popova, 1953” 1 ♀, [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Holarctic, temperate.From Kaliningradskaya Oblast across European part of Russia to Zabaikalsky Kray. Outside Russia in W, S, central Europe, Morocco, NW Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, N Iran, Afghanistan, central Asian mountains, Canada, northernmost parts of USA.

Hostplants: withered, decaying and mouldy leaves of different woody and herbaceous plants ( Prunus , Salix , Alnus , Plantago , Filipendula , Galium , Polygonum , Taraxacum etc.) ( Hausmann 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 21. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea dimidiata; B—I. pallidata; C—I. nitidata; D—I. biselata.

FIGURE 39. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Rhodostrophia jacularia; D–F—R. vibicaria; G–L—Cleta jacutica; M, N—Idaea dimidiata. A, G–K—genital segment; B, F, H, J, L, M—phallos; C, D—sternite A8; E, N—genital segment, valvae shifted. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 51. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea straminata; B—I. dimidiata; C—I. descitaria; D—Holarctias rufinaria; E—H. rufinularia; F—Scopula agutsaensis; G—S. immorata. Scale bar—1 mm.