Rhodostrophia vibicaria (Clerck, 1759)

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 : 42

1. Rhodostrophia vibicaria (Clerck, 1759)

(adults Figs. 19A , 58A ; male gen. Figs. 39D–39F ; female gen. Fig. 49G )

Pellonia vibicaria: Erschov & Field, 1870: 164 .

Pellonia vibicaria var. unicolorata Staudinger 1871: 154 .

Rhodostrophia vibicaria unicolorata: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 278 .

Rhodostrophia vibicaria: Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 278 ; Chugunov, 1914: 316; Viidalepp, 1996: 57; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 103; Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 127; Mironov et al., 2008: 210.

Rhodostrophia vibicaria unicolorata ( Staudinger, 1871) : Viidalepp, 1976: 850; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 276.

Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: Bulusa, 15.VII.2011, 1 ♀, A. Kosarev; B. Koty , 1.VII.2010, 2 ♁; same loc., 9.VII.2012, 1 ♁; same loc., 1.VII.2012, 1 spm.; same loc., 11.VII.2012, 1 ♁; Chernorud , 10. VI.2018, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; same loc., 20.VII.1966, 1 ♁, 1 ♀, I. Raygorodskaya; “Irkutskaya gubernia”, no date, 1 ♁, (unknown collector) [ ZIN]; same loc ., 11.VII.2007, 1 spm., V . Shilenkov; same loc., 15.VII.1965, 1 spm., unknown collector; Podkamennaya , 10.VII.2010, 1 spm., V . Shilenkov [ BF]. Buryatia: Oshurkovo , 17. VI .2003 , 1 ♁, A. Filippov; Tarbagatay , 29. VI .2016 , 5 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148346 ); Gusinoozersk , 30. VI .2016 , 2 ♁, I. Makhov [ ZIN]; Dobo-Yenkhor , 30. VI.2012, 7 ♁, T. Gordeeva [ IGEB]. Krasnoyarsky Kray: Minusinsky Distr., Minusinsk , 1.VII.1927, 1 ♀, Filipjev [ ZIN] .

Distribution. West Palaearctic–Central Palaearctic, temperate. From Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Republic of Buryatia. Outside Russia: Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Transcaucasia, N Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, central Mongolia.

Hostplants: Fabaceae ( Medicago , Onobrychis , Astragalus , Cytisus ) sometimes Prunus , Rosa , Vaccinium myrtillus , Rumex , Polygonum , Leucanthemum ( Hausmann 2004) .

Figures

FIGURE 19. Adults of Siberian Sterrhinae. A—Rhodostrophia vibicaria; B—R. jacularia; C—Cleta jacutica; D—Idaea dohlmanni.

FIGURE 39. Male genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae.A–C—Rhodostrophia jacularia; D–F—R. vibicaria; G–L—Cleta jacutica; M, N—Idaea dimidiata. A, G–K—genital segment; B, F, H, J, L, M—phallos; C, D—sternite A8; E, N—genital segment, valvae shifted. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 49. Genitalia of Siberian Sterrhinae. A, B—Timandra recompta; C, D—T. paralias; E, F—Lythria purpuraria; G— Rhodostrophia vibicaria; H—R. jacularia; I—Idaea serpentata; J—I. dohlmanni. A, D, E—genital segment; B, C, F—phallos; G–J—bursa copulatrix of female. 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).