Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Beljaev, Evgeniy A., Vasilenko, Sergey V., Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Zinchenko, Vadim K., 2024, First report on late autumn geometer moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Kunashir Island, Russia (Southern Kurils), Amurian Zoological Journal XVI (4), pp. 979-995 : 982-983

Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material. Andreevskii Cordon, 18–

30.10. – 1– 9.11.2023, + VO (every night) –

68♂♂, 13♀♀; ibid., plateau, in light trap ,

23– 24.10.2023 – 5♂; ibid ., ridge, in bottle, 24– 25.10.2023 – 1♂ (Zinchenko); Kaldernyi Cordon, at light, 30– 31.10.2023 – 7♂; ibid ., 31.10– 1.11.2023 – 2♂ + VO.

Distribution. Russia (European part, Crimea, Urals, S RFE: Amur Obl., Jewish A.O., S Khabarovsk Kr., Primorsky Kr., Sakhalin, S Kurils – Kunashir); Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Northeast China, South Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North America (introduced?).

Remarks. This species is represented by the East Asian subspecies C. pennaria ussuriensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927 . Flight period of this species on Kunashir Island extends from mid-October to early November, considering the previous data (Beljaev et al. 2023). In the continental part of the RFE, moths are typically observed from mid-September to the end of October. The larvae feed on a various leaved woody plants.