Dodia sazonovi Dubatolov, 1990

Koshkin, Evgeny S., 2024, A review of the genus Dodia Dyar, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) with description of a new remarkable species from the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 5458 (1), pp. 53-72 : 65

Dodia sazonovi Dubatolov, 1990

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Dodia sazonovi Dubatolov, 1990: 148 , fig. 2l. Holotype ♂ (ISEA). Type locality: [USSR, South Siberia], Altai, vicinity of Aktash , 2500–2700 m.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Russia, S. Siberia, Republic of Altai, Kuray Mt. R., NE Aktash vill., 1650–3000 m, 07–12.VI.2022, leg. Anatoly Filippov, Evgeny Filippov ( EKC) .

Diagnosis. Dodia sazonovi differs from other species of the genus in its small size, narrow wings, and more robust thorax and abdomen. The wings are translucent, dark gray; the pattern varies from its almost complete absence to a marked development of light spots and bands, especially in the postmedial and submarginal areas. The tip of the male’s abdomen is yellowish ( Fig. 2H ). Females are brachypterous. In the male genitalia, the costal margin of the valva is sharply curved, the apex of the valva is strongly bifurcated, its upper process is shorter and narrower than the lower one. The everted vesica is simple, short, oblong, with a longitudinal row of about ten tooth-shaped cornuti at the base ( Fig. 3C ).

Distribution. Russia, Southern Siberia: Altai Mountains (Kuraisky Range) and Republic of Tuva (West TannuOla and Tsagan-Shibetu mountains) ( Dubatolov 1990; Ivinskis & Saldaitis 2004; Rekelj & Česanek 2009).

Ecology. The most mountainous species of the genus Dodia , inhabits mountain tundra at altitudes of 1650– 3000 m. Males are active during the day. Females are unable to fly. Females rest under flat stones near cocoons, oviposition is usually two, up to 50 eggs in the first, in the second less. Larval host plant is Dryas ( Rosaceae ). Larvae have also been successfully reared on Taraxacum ( Asteraceae ). Larva gray or flesh-coloured with black warts on each segment. Sides with four warts with short wiry hairs. Dorsum with an axial yellowish line, paramedian warts with long setae (two rows). Larvae hibernate. They probably do not eat in the spring and pupate shortly after the snow melts ( Murzin 2003). Flight period from early June to mid-July.

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FIGURE 2. Dodia spp., adults, habitus. A—D. diaphana, ♂, Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Dusse-Alin Range, 52°07’56” N, 134°17’30” E, 4.VII.2020 (EKC); B—D. diaphana arctica, paratype ♂, Russia, Magadan Oblast’, 18 km from Kulu, 11.VII.1980 (FSCEATB); C—D. diaphana, ♂, Russia, Buryatia, Mondy, Khulugaisha Mountain, 7.VII.1984 (FSCEATB); D—D. diaphana, ♀, same data as A but 2.VII.2016 (EKC); E—D. albertae, ♀, same data as A but 22.VI.2020 (EKC); F—D. albertae, ♂, same data as A but 2.VII.2016; G—D. transbaikalensis, ♂, Russia, Buryatia, near Mondy, 19–30.VI.2011 (EKC); H—D. sazonovi, ♂, Russia, Altai, NE Aktash vill., 7–12.VI.2022 (EKC); I—D. kononenkoi, ♂, Russia, East Yakutia, Suntar-Khayata Range, headwaters of the Vostochnaya Khandyga River, 18.VI.1991 (ABC); J—D. kononenkoi, paratype ♂, Russia, Magadan Oblast’, Paren’ River, 30.VI.1972 (FSCEATB); K—D. sikhotensis, ♂, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Snezhnaya Mountain, 7.VII.2013 (EKC); L—D. sikhotensis, paratype ♂, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Tsamo-Dynza [Golets] Mountain, 15.VII.1972 (FSCEATB). (Photos by Evgeny Koshkin).

FIGURE 3. Male genitalia of Dodia spp.: A—D. kononenkoi, paratype, Russia, Magadan Oblast’, Paren’ River (aedeagus is lost); B—D. kononenkoi, Russia, East Yakutia, Suntar-Khayata Range, headwaters of the Vostochnaya Khandyga River; C—D. sazonovi, Russia, Altai, NE Aktash vill.; D—D. transbaikalensis, Russia, Buryatia, Khulugaisha Mountain; E—D. transbaikalensis, Russia, Buryatia, near Mondy; F—D. sikhotensis, paratype, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Tsamo-Dynza [Golets] Mountain; G—D. sikhotensis, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Snezhnaya Mountain; H—D. diaphana, Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Dusse- Alin Range; I—D. diaphana, Russia, Russia, Buryatia, Mondy, Khulugaisha Mountain; J—D. diaphana arctica, paratype, Russia, Magadan Oblast’, 18 km from Kulu. (Photos by Evgeny Koshkin).