Cleta jacutica Viidalepp, 1976

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 : 43

3. Cleta jacutica Viidalepp, 1976

(adults Fig. 19C ; male gen. Figs. 39G–39L )

Cleta jacutica: Viidalepp, 1996: 49 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 122; Mironov et al., 2008: 206; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 276.

Material examined. Buryatia: Samarta , 18.VII.2019, 5 ♁ (GenBank ID: OK073236 ), I. Makhov; Mondy, 2000 m.a.s.l., 14.VII.1965, 1 spm., Gorodkov [ ZIN]; Taloy, 18.VII.2007, 2 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB] . Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Momsky District, Chersky Range , env. of Khonuu , tuberculosis dispensary, 6.VII.2013, 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148325 ), S. Nogovitsyna [ ISEA].

Distribution. East Siberian, boreomontane. Republic of Buryatia, E and S Yakutia, Magadanskaya Oblast, Kamchatka. Outside Russia in N Mongolia.

Hostplants: unknown.

Genetic note. Appealingly, the species is genetically heterogeneous. We previously assumed that there was the mitochondrial introgression between C. jacutica and C. perpusillaria ( Makhov & Lukhtanov 2021) . However, it cannot be ruled out that this pair of taxa is a single widespread species with two or several deeply diverged haplogroups. The study of additional nuclear markers is required.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Rhodostrophia vibicaria; B—R. jacularia; C—Cleta jacutica; D—Idaea dohlmanni.

FIGURE 39. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Rhodostrophia jacularia; D–F—R. vibicaria; G–L—Cleta jacutica; M, N—Idaea dimidiata. A, G–K—genital segment; B, F, H, J, L, M—phallos; C, D—sternite A8; E, N—genital segment, valvae shifted. Scale bar—1 mm.