Scopula dignata (Guenée, [1858])

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 : 51

22. Scopula dignata (Guenée, [1858])

(adults Figs. 24B , 50A ; male gen. Figs. 43G–43J ; female gen. Fig. 52C )

Scopula dignata: Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 124 ; Mironov et al., 2008: 208 (region 26: “?”, region 27); Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 279.

Material examined. Buryatia: Tarbagatay, 29. VI.2016, 2 ♁; same loc., 13.VII.2018, 4 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148350 ); Gusinoozersk , 30. VI.2016, 4 ♁; Bayan, 6.VII.2016, 3 ♁; same loc., 5.VII.2016, 1 ♀; M. Tasarkhay, 7.VII.2016, 1 ♁; Beloozersk, 3.VII.2016, 1 ♁, I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Dureny , 19.VII.1984, 1 ♁, P. Ustjuzhanin [ ISEA]; Dobo-Yenkhor , 30. VI.2012, 1 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB]. Amurskaya Oblast: Blagoveshchensk , 11.VII.1877, 1 ♀, Hedemann [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Siberian–Far Eastern, subboreal. Altai Republic, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye. Outside Russia in Mongolia, N China, Korea.

Hostplants: unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula virginalis; B—S. dignata; C—S. nemoraria; D—S. umbelaria.

FIGURE 43. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Scopula corrivalaria; D–F—S. virginalis; G–J—S. dignata; K–M— S. nemoraria. A, E, G, K—genital segment; B, D, H, M—sternite A8; C, F, I, L—phallos; J—ditto, vesica everted. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 50. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Idaea falckii; B—I. aureolaria; C—I. muricata; D—I. sylvestraria; E—I. pallidata; F—I. nitidata; G—I. biselata; H—I. aversata. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 52. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula corrivalaria; B—S. virginalis; C—S. dignata; D—S. nemoraria; E—S. umbelaria; F—S. nigropunctata. Scale bar—1 mm.