Aethalura punctulata, : Viidalepp, 1996

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58. Aethalura punctulata ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775)

(male gen. Figs 22H, 22I ; female gen. Fig. 39F )

Boarmia punctulata: Erschov & Field, 1870: 166 ; Staudinger, 1871: 166 (“Sib. or.”); Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 343 (“Sib. or.”); Djakonov, 1926: 75; Wehrli, 1929: 26.

Aethalura punctulata: Viidalepp, 1996: 90 ; Belova, 2005: 272; 2012: 42; 2015: 220; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 109; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 146; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Lavrentyevo, 6. V.2012, 1 spm.; s. loc., 11. V.2015, 1 spm.; s. loc., 20. V.2013, 1 spm.; s. loc., 15. V.2012, 4♂, 1♀; s. loc., 1. VI.2013, 1 spm.; s. loc., 28. V.2018, 1♂; s. loc., 31. V .2018 , 1♂, 1♀; B. Koty , 3.VII.2010, 1 spm. [ IM]; Melnikovo , 2. VI.1941, 1 spm.; s. loc., 31. V.1941, 3 spms.; s. loc., 3. VI .1941 , 1 spm., A. Bykov [ BF]; Fakel , 13. V .2007 , 1 spm., E. Berlov [ EB]. Buryatia: Barykino , 7. V .2018 , 2♂, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Throughout the Russian territory from Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Primorye, Sakhalin Isl. Outside Russia in Europe, Transcaucasia, NE Kazakhstan.

Hostplants: different trees and shrubs, e.g. Betula , Salix , Alnus , Ledum ( Beljaev 2016) .

Figures

FIGURE 22. Male genitalia of Siberian Ennominae.A, B—Ascotis selenaria; C, D—Ectropis crepuscularia; E–G—Parectropis similaria; H, I—Aethalura punctulata; J, K—Arichanna melanaria; L, M—A. mandshuriaria. A, C, E, H, J, L—genital segment; B, D, F, G, I, K, M—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 39. Female genitalia of Siberian Ennominae. A—Siona lineata; B—Cleora cinctaria; C—Ascotis selenaria; D— Ectropis crepuscularia; E—Parectropis similaria; F—Aethalura punctulata. Scale bar—1 mm.