Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann)

Beljaev, Еvgeniy A. & Titova, Olga L., 2023, New data on geometroid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Uraniidae and Geometridae) from Sakhalin and Moneron islands with notes on their taxonomy distribution and ecology, Zootaxa 5369 (1), pp. 1-41 : 6-7

Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann)

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Material examined. 2 ♂, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, “Grushevyi Sad”, 10.VII.2010.

Distribution. Russia (S RFE: S * Sakhalin, Primorskii Krai, S Khabarovskii Krai, Amurskaya Oblast; S and SW Siberia except for Buryatia and most of Zabaikalskii Krai, middle of European Part of Russia —north up to ~ 61– 62°N in S Karelia, S Arkhangelsk Oblast, S Komi, and south to ~ 52°N in Bryanskaya Oblast, Tambovskaya Oblast and Saratovskaya Oblast), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), North Korea, N China (eastern Inner Mongolia: Big Chingan Mts.—BOLD sequence ID: GWOR5259-09, GBIF occurrence 1415504236), SE Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, E Belarus.

Remarks. The finding of E. exornata in Sakhalin significantly expands its distribution range to the northeast.

Literature data on the distribution of the species in China and India are strongly doubtful ( Sohn & Yen 2005). The photo of “ Epiplema exornata (Eversmann) ” in Zhu et al. (2004: 251, pl. VII: fig. 15) well corresponds to Dysaethria cretacea (Butler) , and the hostplants indicated for this species— Clerodendrum japonicum ( Lamiaceae ) and Quercus ( Fagaceae )—are doubtful for E. exornata . However, presence of E. exornata in China is quite expected at least in Heilongjiang and Jilin.

Figures

FIGURES 2–21. Epipleminae, Ennominae, Desmobathrinae and Geometrinae from Sakhalin. 2—Dysaethria illotata, ♀, S Kholmsk; 3—D. moza, ♀, Sokhonda mount.; 4—Eversmannia exornata, ♀, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; 5—Eilicrinia wehrlii, ♂, “Chertov most”, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 6—Lomographa simplicior, ♂, Sokhonda mount.; 7—Platycerota incertaria, ♂, Pionery, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 8—Aethalura ignobilis, ♀, S Kholmsk; 9—Gigantalcis flavolinearia, ♂, S Kholmsk; 10—Pachyerannis obliquaria ♂, central Kholmsk, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 11—Cusiala stipitaria, ♂, S Kholmsk; 12—Larerannis orthogrammaria, ♂, S Kholmsk; 13—Lassaba nikkonis, ♀, S Kholmsk; 14— Zanclidia testacea, ♀, Sokhonda mount.; 15—Abraxas niphonibia, ♀, Moneron (a—upper side; b—underside); 16—Macaria continuaria, ♂, Nysh; 17–18—Alsophila japonensis, S Kholmsk: 17—♂, 18—♀, photo in nature by O.L. Titova; 18—Inurois asahinai, S Kholmsk; 20—Geometra dieckmanni, ♀, S Kholmsk; 21—Comibaena amoenaria, ♂, S Kholmsk. Scale—10 mm.