Scopula impersonata Walker, 1861

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 : 54

31. Scopula impersonata Walker, 1861

(adults Fig. 26C ; male gen. Figs. 45M–45O ; female gen. Fig. 53F )

Scopula impersonata: Vasilenko & Gordeeva (Vlasova), 2004: 1436 ; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 125; Mironov et al., 2008: 208; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 279.

Material examined. No specimens occurring in the studied territory was found. Zabaikalsky Kray: Nizhny Tsasuchey, 29.VII.1996, 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: OK073130 ); same loc., 4.VIII.1996, 1 ♀, V. Dubatolov [ ISEA] . Khabarovsky Kray: Khabarovsk, 16.VII.1925, 2 ♁ (unknown collector) [ ZIN] .

Distribution. Siberian–Far Eastern subboreal–subtropic. Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Primorye. Outside Russia in Mongolia, N, NE, SE and central China, Taiwan Isl., Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Isl.).

Hostplants: unknown.

Genetic note. The nearest species is S. inductata (Guenée, [1858]) : at the 4.7% distance.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula permutata; B—S. rubiginata; C—S. impersonata; D—S. beckeraria.

FIGURE 45. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A–C—Scopula ornata; D–F—S. decorata; G–I—S. permutata; J–L—S. rubiginata; M–O—S. impersonata. A, E, G, K, N—genital segment; B, D, I, J, O—sternite A8; C, F, H, L, M—phallos. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 53. Female genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Scopula virgulata; B—S. ornata; C—S. decorata; D—S. permutata; E—S. rubiginata; F—S. impersonata; G—S. beckeraria; H—S. incanata. Scale bar—1 mm.