Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759)

Makhov, Ilya, 2021, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: keys to species and an annotated catalogue. Part 1. Ennominae, Zootaxa 4962 (1), pp. 1-125 : 54

68. Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759)

(male gen. Figs 24E, 24F ; female gen. Fig. 41D )

Biston hirtaria: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 336 (“Sib. or.”).

Lycia hirtaria: Djakonov, 1926: 65 ; Wehrli, 1929: 23; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 109; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 147; Mironov & Belova, 2015: 61.

Lycia hirtarius sibiricus Djakonov, 1929 : Viidalepp, 1979: 792.

Cycia [sic!] hirtarius: Volkova, 1985: 104 .

Lycia hirtarius: Belova, 1988: 22 ; 2000a: 111; 2000b: 27; 2008: 46; 2009: 178; 2010: 22.

Lycia hirtaria sibirica: Viidalepp, 1996: 91 .

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Pilot, 3. V.2009, 4♂; s. loc., 25.IV.2009, 1♂; Lavrentyevo, 28.IV.2012, 1♂; s. loc., 24.IV.2015, 7♂; s. loc., 9. V.2010, 3♂; s. loc., 15. V .2010 , 3♂, 1♀ [ IM]; Melnikovo, 15. V.1941, 1♀; s. loc., 19. V.1941, 1 spm.; s. loc., 25. V.1941, 1 spm.; s. loc., 23. V.1941, 1 spm.; s. loc., 8. V .1942 , 1♀, A. Bykov [ BF].

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Throughout the Russian territory from Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Primorye, Sakhalin Isl., Kurils. Outside Russia in Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu isl.).

Hostplants: different deciduous trees ( Betula , Salix ) and shrubs ( Berlov & Berlov 2006; Beljaev 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Male genitalia of Siberian Ennominae. A, B—Lycia pomonaria; C, D—L. zonaria; E, F—L. hirtaria; G, H— Apoaspilates tristrigaria; I–K—Phigalia djakonovi; L–N—Apocheima cinerarius. A, C, E, G, I, M—genital segment; B, D, F, H, K, L, N—phallos, L—lateral view, N—ventral view; J—abdominal scales. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 41. Female genitalia of Siberian Ennominae. A, B—Lycia pomonaria; C—L. zonaria; D—L. hirtaria. B—bursa copulatrix and sterigma enlarged. Scale bar—1 mm.