Pennithera comis (Butler, 1879)

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 : 989

Pennithera comis (Butler, 1879)

Material. Andreevskii Cordon, at light, 16– 17.10.2023 – 1♀.

Distribution. Russia (S RFE: S Khabarovsk Kr., Primorsky Kr., S Sakhalin, S Kurils – Kunashir);?South-West China (Sichuan, Yunnan), South Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima).

Remarks. The moth was collected within the period of its previous registration on Kunashir in 2022 — from 20 September to 22 October (Beljaev et al. 2023). The flight period of P. comis on Kunashir is similar to that on Sakhalin ( Beljaev, Titova 2023). In Japan, the species is relatively common from low mountain areas to alpine zones. It appears in low mountain areas from October to November and in mountain and subalpine zones from late August to September ( Nakajima, Yazaki 2011). The larvae feed on various species of Abies ( Pinaceae ).