Subject Editor: Bernard Landry
The
Five species of
Our re-examination of type specimens and study of additional material allow us to make some corrections and additions to the taxonomy and distribution of the
MGAB Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest, Romania).
ISEA Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (Novosibirsk, Russia).
CUK Collection of P. Ustjuzhanin and V. Kovtunovich (Novosibirsk and Moscow, Russia).
ZISP Zoological Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Russia. South Sakhalin: Pik-Chekhova, h – 500 m, 2.06.1988, 1♂ (holotype), leg. M. Nesterov (ZISP); same data as holotype, but 2.06.1988, 4♂,2♀, 12.06.1988, 1♂, 1♀, 21.06.1988, 1 ♂ (paratypes), leg. M. Nesterov (ZISP); Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 30.vi.–3.vii.1983, 7 ex., leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); Sinegorsk, 3.vii.1991, 1♀, leg. A. Kupriyanov (CUK); Novoalexandrovka village, 30.vi.1991, 1♂, leg. A. Kupriyanov (CUK); Urozhaynoe village, 22–23.vi.1989, 3♂, leg. V. Dubatolov (ISEA). Kurile Islands: Kunashir Isl., Sernovodsk, 12.vii.1967, 2 ex., leg. Zabello (ZISP); Shikotan Isl., 20.vi.1973, 1♂, 1♀, leg. I. Kerzhner (ZISP). Khabarovskii Krai: 20 km W of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Archangel’skoe village, 15–18.vii.2009, 6 ex., leg. V. Dubatolov (ISEA, CUK); Bolshekhekhtsirskii Nature Reserve, Bychikha village, 26.v.2006, 1 ♂, leg. V. Dubatolov (CUK); Pivan’ village, 31.v. 2008, 1♂, leg. A. Syatchina (CUK). Amur Region: Bastak Nature Reserve, 7–15.vi. 2004, 1♂, 1♀, leg. A. Streltzov (CUK); Blagoveshchensk, 1.vi. 2012, 1♂, leg. A. Streltzov (CUK). Primorsky Krai: Barabash village, 16-19.viii, 2008, 1 ♂, leg. A. Streltzov, P. Osipov, E. Malikova (CUK); 20 km E of Ussuriisk, Gornotajozhnoe village, 1.vi.1994, 1 ♂, leg. V. Dubatolov (ISEA).
Russian Far East: Sakhalin, southern Kurile Islands, Khabarovskii Krai, Amur Region, Primorsky Krai. Korean Peninsula.
Biology unknown. Flight period: V–VII. Probably develops in two generations.
The type series of
Russia. Primorsky Krai: 20 km E of Ussuriisk, Gornotajozhnoe village, 11.vi. 1983, 1♂ (holotype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); same locality, 12.vii.1990, 1♂, 11.vi.1983, 2♂ (paratypes), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); 8.vii.1990, 1♀ (paratype), leg. P. Ustjuzhanin (CUK); Kamenushka village, 12.vii.1990, 1♂ (paratype), leg. P. Ustjuzhanin, S. Zakharov (ISEA); Kedrovaya Pad’ Nature Reserve, 14 -15.vii.1984, 1♂, 2 ♀ (paratype), leg. A. Lvovsky (ZISP); same locality, 25.vii.1998, 2♂, 1♀ (paratype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); Ananievka River headwaters, 7.vii.1982, 1♂ (paratype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); Khasan district, Zanadvorovka village, 4-19.vii.2004, 2♂, leg. A. Streltzov, P. Osipov, D. Filatov (CUK).
Russian Far East: south of Primorsky Krai.
Biology unknown. Flight period: VI–VII. Probably develops in two generations.
This species, previously known only from its type locality, is actually more widely distributed in the region. In conclusion, only two species of many-plumed moths are known in the south of the Russian Far East:
We are grateful to Dr. Mihai Stănescu (MGAB) for the opportunity to examine type material of