Dolbina elegans A. Bang-Haas, 1912

Khalaim, Ye. V., 2022, Catalogue Of The Heteroceran Moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Metaheterocera) Of Odesa Region Of Ukraine. Part 1. Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Brahmaeidae, Lasiocampidae, Thyrididae & Drepanidae, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 7-8

Dolbina elegans A. Bang-Haas, 1912

Nikolaev & Pljushtch, 1994; Arkhipov, 2003; Duz’, 2007; Khalaim,

2015.

Material. Frasino, 05– 06.07.2020, 2 spec. (Leshchenko, Gera); Murovana 08.08.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 04.08.2021, 2 spec. (Kiselyov); Radialka, 22.06.2020, 1 spec. (Lapin); Rus’ka Slobidka, 24.07.2016, 2 spec. (Kostjuk, Sergienko); Severynivka, 25.07.2016, 2 spec. (Kostjuk, Sergienko), 17– 18.07.2018, 2 spec. (Andrianov), 02.08.2019, 2 spec. (Novitskiy); Kubanka, 25.07.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Troits’ke, 02.08.2017, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Kovalivka, 07.07.2020, 2 spec. (Leshchenko, Gera); Karolino-Buhaz, 27.07.2021, 1 spec. (Kolomeychuk).

Locally in the central and northern areas of the Region ( Fig. 35). The biology of the species within Odesa Region is not completely clear. Apparently, the species is univoltine. The flight of moths was recorded from the end of June or the beginning of July to the end of August. However, for the Balkan populations, 2–3 generations are given from April to September ( Székely, 2010).

Some researchers consider Balkan populations from Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova in the rank of ssp. steffensi Popescu-Gorj, 1971 . From the northern part of Odesa Region (near the city of Podilsk), the ssp. kiselyovi Eitschberger & Gurko, 2017 has been described. However, a study of moths from different parts of the range shows the genetic homogeneity of this species, therefore, it seems inexpedient to distinguish subspecies ( Zolotuhin & Yevdoshenko, 2019).