Scopula albiceraria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)

Makhov, Ilya, 2023, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: identification keys and annotated catalogue with notes to DNA barcoding. Part 2. Archiearinae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae, Zootaxa 5294 (1), pp. 1-120 : 58-59

43. Scopula albiceraria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)

(adults Figs. 29C , 59F ; male gen. Figs. 48D–48G ; female gen. Fig. 55C )

Acidalia vitellinaria Eversmann, 1851: 641 ; Erschov & Field, 1870: 163; Staudinger & Wocke, 1871: 150.

Scopula albiceraria vitellinaria: Viidalepp, 1976: 849 ; 1996: 56; Vasilyeva & Epova, 1987: 66; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 102; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 278.

Acidalia albiceraria v. vitellinaria: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 273 .

Scopula albicilaria [sic!]: Vasilyeva, 1989: 105.

Scopula albiceraria: Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 127 ; 2020: 71; Mironov et al., 2008: 208.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Irkutsk, no date, 1 ♁ (syntype of Acidalia vitellinaria ), unknown collector; Tazheranskaya steppe , 23.VII.2019, 5 ♁, 1 ♀; same loc., 28.VII.2020, 2 ♀; Sarma , 22.VII.2019, 1 ♁, 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ ZIN] . Buryatia: Tatarsky Klyuch , 13.VII.2020, 1 ♁; Novoselenginsk , 15. VI .2020 , 1 ♁; Gusinoye , 1.VII.2016, 3 ♁; M. Tasarkhay , 7.VII.2016, 1 ♁; Bayan , 5.VII.2016, 2 ♁; same loc., 9.VIII.2020, 1 ♁; Tarbagatay , 29. VI .2016 , 5 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148347 ); Kurba , 23.VII.1974, 1 ♁, A. Tarmaeva; “ Khamar-Daban, Samkhat river ” , 21.VII.1973, 1 ♁, Antropova [ ISEA] .

Distribution. Siberian–Turanic, subboreal. Volga–Don region, Lower Volga region, S Urals, south of West Siberia, southern part of Krasnoyarsky Kray, Khakassia, Altai, Tuva, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, S Yakutia, Amurskaya Oblast. Outside Russia in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.

Hostplants: unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula aequifasciata; B—S. cajanderi; C—S. albiceraria; D—Cyclophora albipunctata.

FIGURE 48. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A–C—Scopula cajanderi; D–G—S. albiceraria; H, I—Cyclophora albipunctata; J, K—Timandra rectistrigaria; L–N—T. griseata. A, F—genital segment; H, J, L, N—genital segment; B, D, E—sternite A8; C, G, I, K, M—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 55. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula flaccidaria; B—S. cajanderi; C—S. albiceraria; D— Cyclophora albipunctata; E—Timandra rectistrigaria; F—T. griseata. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 59. Adults of some Siberian Sterrhinae in live. A—Scopula dignata (male); B—S. decorata (male); C—S. virgulata (male); D—S. beckeraria (male); E—S. subpunctaria (female); F—S. albiceraria (male). Photos by Marya Dementyeva (Irkutsk).