Scopula virginalis (Fourcroy, 1785)

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 : 50

21. Scopula virginalis (Fourcroy, 1785)

(adults Fig. 24A ; male gen. Figs. 43D–43F ; female gen. Fig. 52B )

Scopula caricaria (Reutti, 1853) : Viidalepp, 1976: 848; Vasilyeva, 1989: 105; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 124.

Scopula virginalis: Viidalepp, 1996: 53 ; Mironov et al., 2008: 209 (region 26: “?”, region 27); Makhov & Beljaev, 2019: 15 . Scopula virginalis nivearia (Leech, 1897) : Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 280.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Galaktika, 9.VIII.2013, 1 ♀ (GenBank ID: OK073241 ); Lavrentyevo, 10.VIII.2011, 1 spm.; same loc., 14.VII.2013, 1 ♁; same loc., 22.VIII.2013, 1 ♀, I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Irkutsk, 21.VII.2009, 1 spm., E. Berlov [ EB] .

Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Northern regions of European part of Russia, Middle and S Urals, West Siberia, Altai, southern part of Krasnoyarsky Kray, Khakasisa, Irkutskaya Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalsky Kray, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, southern part of Khabarovsky Kray, Kuriles, Primorye. Outside Russia in Europe (except S), central China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido Isl.).

Hostplants: Centaurea , Artemisia ( Beljaev 2016) .

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 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.