Scopula permutata (Staudinger, 1896)

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

29. Scopula permutata (Staudinger, 1896)

(adults Figs. 26A , 58F ; male gen. Figs. 45G–45I ; female gen. Fig. 53D )

Scopula permutata: Viidalepp, 1996: 54 ; Vasilenko & Gordeeva (Vlasova), 2004: 1436; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 126; Mironov et al., 2008: 209 (region 26: “?”, region 27); Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 280; Makhov & Lukhtanov, 2021: 843.

Material examined. Buryatia: Bayan, 6.VII.2016, 1 ♁; same loc., 9.VIII.2020, 1 ♀; Tarbagatay, 29. VI.2016, 2 ♁; same loc., 13.VII.2018, 2 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148354 ), 2 ♀; Armak, 11.IX.2020, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; Nukhu-Daban, 15. VI.1913, 1 ♁, A. Mylnikov; “Irkut”, no date, 1 ♁, (unknown collector) [ ZIN].

Distribution. Siberian–Turanic, subboreal. Altai Republic, Tuva, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray. Outside Russia in N Mongolia and N China.

Hostplants: unknown.

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.

FIGURE 58. Adults of some Siberian Sterrhinae in live. A—Rhodostrophia vibicaria (male); B—R. jacularia (male); C— Idaea falckii (female); D—I. sylvestraria (male); E—I. pallidata (male); F—S. permutata (male). Photos by Marya Dementyeva (Irkutsk).