Operophtera relegata Prout, 1908

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 : 990-991

* Operophtera relegata Prout, 1908 ( Figs.

3 I, 4 I )

Material. Andreevskii Cordon:

6– 7.11.2023 – 2♂, 7– 8.11.2023 – 10♂,

8– 9.11.2023 – 3♂, 10– 11.11.2023 – 3♂, 11– 12.11.2023 – 3♂, 13– 14.11.2023 – 7♂, 14– 15.011.2023 – 1♂, 18– 19.11.2023 – 2♂.

Distribution. Russia (S Amur Obl., Jewish A.O., S Khabarovsk Kr., Primorsky Kr., S Sakhalin, S Kurils – Kunashir); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima), South Korea, North-East and Central China.

Remarks. The species is newly recorded for the Kuril Islands. On Kunashir, the moths were observed from the first to the third week of November. In Japan, O. relegata is widely distributed from plains to subalpine areas, being common in many places. Depending on the locality, moths are found from early November to mid-January ( Nakajima, Yazaki 2011). In the continental part of the RFE, the moths are observed throughout October ( Beljaev 1996). The larvae feeding on various leaved woody plants.

Figures

Fig. 3. Geometrid moths (Geomtridae) from Kunashir Island: A — Erannis golda, male; B — Erannis jacobsoni, male; C — Alsophila inouei, male; D — Alsophila japonensis, male; E — Inurois asahinai, male; F — Inurois fumosa, male; G — Inurois punctigera, male; H — Operophtera brunnea, male; I — Operophtera relegata, male; J — Eupithecia scribai, female; K — Eupithecia daemionata, female. Scale bar: 10 mm

Fig. 4. Geometrid moths (Geomtridae) from Kunashir Island in nature: A — Erannis golda, male; B — Larerannis orthogrammaria, male; C — Alsophila japonensis, male; D, E — Inurois asahinai: D — male, E — female; F — Inurois fumosa, male; G, H — Operophtera brunnea, males; I — Operophtera relegata, male. A–C, E, G–I — photos by V. V. Dubatolov; D, F — photos by S. Yu. Stefanov Рис. 4. ПяΑеницы (Geomtridae) с острова Кунашир в прироΑе: A — Erannis golda, самец; B — Larerannis orthogrammaria, самец; C — Alsophila japonensis, самец; D, E — Inurois asahinai: D — самец, E — самка; F — Inurois fumosa, самец; G, H — Operophtera brunnea, самец; I — Operophtera relegata, самец. A–C, E, G–I — ‰отогра‰ии В. В. ΔубатоΛова; D, F — ‰отогра‰ии С. Ю. Сте‰анова