Zanclidia testacea (Butler)

Beljaev, Еvgeniy A. & Titova, Olga L., 2023, New data on geometroid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Uraniidae and Geometridae) from Sakhalin and Moneron islands with notes on their taxonomy distribution and ecology, Zootaxa 5369 (1), pp. 1-41 : 11

Zanclidia testacea (Butler)

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Material examined. 1 ♀, Sokhonda mount., 18.VIII.2020.

Distribution. Russia (S RFE: SW * Sakhalin, S Kurils—Kunashir), Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), south of North Korea, South Korea.

Remarks. The finding of Z. testacea in Sakhalin significantly expands its distribution range to the north. In Japan, the larvae feed on Celastrus orbiculatus ( Celastraceae ), near thickets of which this specimen was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 2–21. Epipleminae, Ennominae, Desmobathrinae and Geometrinae from Sakhalin. 2—Dysaethria illotata, ♀, S Kholmsk; 3—D. moza, ♀, Sokhonda mount.; 4—Eversmannia exornata, ♀, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; 5—Eilicrinia wehrlii, ♂, “Chertov most”, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 6—Lomographa simplicior, ♂, Sokhonda mount.; 7—Platycerota incertaria, ♂, Pionery, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 8—Aethalura ignobilis, ♀, S Kholmsk; 9—Gigantalcis flavolinearia, ♂, S Kholmsk; 10—Pachyerannis obliquaria ♂, central Kholmsk, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 11—Cusiala stipitaria, ♂, S Kholmsk; 12—Larerannis orthogrammaria, ♂, S Kholmsk; 13—Lassaba nikkonis, ♀, S Kholmsk; 14— Zanclidia testacea, ♀, Sokhonda mount.; 15—Abraxas niphonibia, ♀, Moneron (a—upper side; b—underside); 16—Macaria continuaria, ♂, Nysh; 17–18—Alsophila japonensis, S Kholmsk: 17—♂, 18—♀, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 18—Inurois asahinai, S Kholmsk; 20—Geometra dieckmanni, ♀, S Kholmsk; 21—Comibaena amoenaria, ♂, S Kholmsk. Scale—10 mm.