7. Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)

(adults Fig. 20C; male gen. Figs. 40N–40P; female gen. Fig. 50C)

Acidalia auroraria (Hübner, 1787): Erschov & Field, 1870: 163.

Acidalia muricata: Erschov & Field, 1870: 163; Chugunov, 1914: 316.

Sterrha muricata: Viidalepp, 1976: 846 .

Idaea muricata muricata: Viidalepp, 1996: 50 .

Idaea muricata: Berlov & Berlov, 2004: 67; 2008: 50; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 122; Mironov et al., 2008: 207; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 277.

Idaea muricata minor (Sterneck, 1927): Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 102.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 1.VIII.2016, 1 ♁; Galaktika, 6.VIII.2013, 1 spm., I. Makhov [ZIN]; Podkamennaya, 16.VII.2011, 1 spm., V. Shilenkov [BF]. Buryatia: Rechka Vydrinaya, 20.VII.2014, 1 ♁; M. Tasarkhay, 9.VII.2016, 2 ♀; same loc., 8.VII.2016, 4 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148340), 3 spms., I. Makhov [ZIN]; Kurba, 16.VII.1976, 1 ♀, Kozakevitch & A. Tarmaeva [ISEA] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, subboreal. From Kaliningradskaya Oblast and N Caucasus to Primorye, Sakhalin Isl. and Kuriles. Outside Russia in Europe, Transcaucasia, Mongolia, N, NE, SW and central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima Isl.).

Hostplants: flaccid leaves of herbs and shrubs ( Potentilla, Anemone, Pimpinella, Festuca, Plantago, Polygonum, Galium, Comarum, Rubus) (Beljaev 2016).