Eupithecia daemionata Dietze, 1904

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 : 991

Eupithecia daemionata Dietze, 1904 ( Fig. 3 K )

Material. Andreevskii Cordon, 1– 2.11.2023 – 1♀.

Distribution. Russia (Amur Obl., Khabarovsk Kr., Primorsky Kr., Sakhalin, S Kurils – Kunashir,), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima), South Korea,

China (Northeast, Taiwan Island).

Remarks. Previously, E. daemionata was found on the Kuril Islands during the usual flight period of moths from late May to early June ( Rybalkin, Beljaev 2023). In Japan, the moths are numerous in March and April in various areas, from plains to mountains ( Nakajima, Yazaki 2011). The present specimen collected in November is likely an accidentally hatched individual of the wintering generation. The host plants of the larvae remain unknown.

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