25. Scopula nigropunctata (Hufnagel, 1767) *

(adults Fig. 25A; male gen. Figs. 44E–44G; female gen. Fig. 52F)

Acidalia nigropunctata: Erschov & Field, 1870: 164 .

Acidalia strigillaria (Hübner, [1799]): Chugunov, 1914: 316.

Scopula nigropunctata: Vasilyeva, 1989: 105; Mironov et al., 2008: 209; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 279.

Material examined. Krasnoyarsky Kray: “ Sayan mountains” [Kazyrsug River valley], 2.VII.1918, 1 ♁; same loc., 16.VII.1918, 1 ♁, W. Kozhantchikov [ZIN]. Khabarovsky Kray: Nanaysky Distr., Bolon Nature Reserve, Kirpu base (49°30.4’N 136°02’E), 6–7.VII.2016, 1 ♁, V. V . Dubatolov. Kaluzhskaya Oblast: Tarussky Distr., 5 km S of Tarusa, 13–14. VI .1995, 1 ♀, S. V . Vasilenko [ISEA] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. Kaliningradskaya Oblast, central European regions, West Caucasian region, Middle and S Urals, southern part of Western Siberia, Altai, Baikal region, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kuriles. Outside Russia: Europe, Crimea, Turkey, Transcaucasia, N Iran, Mongolia, N, NE, SW and central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Isl.).

Hostplants: different dicotyledonous herbs ( Clematis, Taraxacum, Aster, Artemisia, Senecio, Stachys, Vicia, Viola, Origanum, Valeriana, Veronica, Plantago, Lythrum, Poa, Filipendula), shrubs ( Ligustrum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Lonicera) and trees ( Alnus, Crataegus) (Beljaev 2016).