Deltote nemorum (Oberthür, 1880), Oberthur, 1880

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, A review of the genus Deltote Reichenbah, Leipzig, 1817 with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Eustrotiinae), Zootaxa 4007 (4), pp. 580-587 : 582

Deltote nemorum (Oberthür, 1880)

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Erastria nemorum Oberthür, 1880 , Études d’Entomologie 5: 82, pl. 4: 2 (Type-locality: Russia: Primorye, Askold I.). Synonymy: Erastria africana Leech, 1889 , nec Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874.

Material examined. 1 male, Chongshan, Helong, Prov. Jilin, 14.vii.2001 (H.L. Han); 1 male, Weidong, Fusong, Prov. Jilin, 16.vii.2001 (H.L. Han); 2 males, 1 female, Jiashan, Helong, Prov. Jilin, 20.vii.2001 (H.L. Han); 1 female, Yongxin, Longjing, Prov. Jilin, 3.viii.2002 (D.Y. Jin); 3 males, 1 female, Jingbo lake, Ningan, Prov. Heilongjiang, 17.vii.1983 (S.Y. Fang) [ NEFU]; 1 male, 1 female, Russia, Primorye terr., Kedrovaya Pad res. 14–16.vi.1976 (V. Kononenko) [ IBSS]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Karuizawa, 24.vi.1952 (P. Savolainen) [ FMNH]; genitalia prep. male N. China, HHL- 1167-1; female N China, VK 17/05.

Bionomics. Meso-hygrophilous species, inhabits meadows, open wet forest, clearings, wet wood edges, bushes along rivers. Bivoltine, the moth flies from VI to VIII in two generations. The larva and its foodplants are unknown.

Distribution. Manchurian, nemoral. China (Provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, Shanxi).— Russia Far East (Amur, South of Khabarovsk and Primorye terr.), Korea, Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Deltote spp., adults and habitat of D. walonga. 1. D. bankiana, Russia, Ural, KN; 2. D. uncula, Russia, Ural, KN; 3. D. nemorum, Japan, FMNH; 4. D. deceptoria, Russia, Transbaikalia, HNHM; 5. D. melaleuca, holotype Lithacodia shansiensis, ZFMK; 6. D. melaleuca, illustration by Hampson (1910); 7. D. melaleuca, China, Beijing; 8, 9. D. walonga, China, Prov, Yunnan (8 — male, holotype; 9 — female, paratype). 10. Gardens, meadow and clearings at elevation 2400 m—habitat of D. walonga in South-West China, Prov. Yunnan.

FIGURES 11 – 16. Deltote spp., male genitalia. 11. D. bankiana, S Korea, genit. prep. ASB 5045; 12. D. uncula, S Korea, genit. prep. HHL- 416 - 1; 13. D. nemorum N China, genit. prep., HHL- 1167 - 1; 14. D. deceptoria, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep., VK 741; 15. D. melaleuca, N China, genit. prep. HHL- 3067 - 1; 16. D. walonga, holotype, SW China, genit. prep. HHL- 1380 - 1.

FIGURES 17 – 22. Deltote spp., female genitalia. 17. D. bankiana, S Korea, genit. prep. ASB 5238; 18. D. uncula, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep. VK 739; 19. D. nemorum N China, genit. prep., VK 17 / 05; 20. D. deceptoria, Russia, Primorye, genit. prep., VK 740; 21. D. melaleuca, China, genit. prep. HHL- 1226 - 2; 22. D. walonga, paratype, SW China, genit. prep. HHL- 1381 - 2.