21. Scopula virginalis (Fourcroy, 1785)

(adults Fig. 24A; male gen. Figs. 43D–43F; female gen. Fig. 52B)

Scopula caricaria (Reutti, 1853): Viidalepp, 1976: 848; Vasilyeva, 1989: 105; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 124.

Scopula virginalis: Viidalepp, 1996: 53; Mironov et al., 2008: 209 (region 26: “?”, region 27); Makhov & Beljaev, 2019: 15. Scopula virginalis nivearia (Leech, 1897): Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 280.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Galaktika, 9.VIII.2013, 1 ♀ (GenBank ID: OK073241); Lavrentyevo, 10.VIII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 14.VII.2013, 1 ♁; same loc., 22.VIII.2013, 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ZIN]; Irkutsk, 21.VII.2009, 1 spm., E. Berlov [EB] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Northern regions of European part of Russia, Middle and S Urals, West Siberia, Altai, southern part of Krasnoyarsky Kray, Khakasisa, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Kuriles, Primorye. Outside Russia in Europe (except S), central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido Isl.).

Hostplants: Centaurea, Artemisia (Beljaev 2016) .