Psilogramma increta (Walker, 1865)

Spitsyn, V. M. & Spitsyna, E. A., 2021, First record of the hawk moths genus Psilogramma Rothschild et Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) for the fauna of Russia, Far Eastern Entomologist 426, pp. 19-21 : 20

Psilogramma increta (Walker, 1865)

Figs 1–4

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorskii krai, Khasansky District, Andreevka village, disturbed broadleaf forest, 42°37'30"N, 131°08'44"E, 1–7.VIII 2020, 1♂, leg. E .

Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn (specimen voucher RMBH Shp0890).

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Primorskii krai (new record). – NE, E, and S China, S and N

Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal,

India, Sri Lanka, introduced in Hawaii ( Park et al., 2001.; Zolotuhin & Evdoshenko, 2019).

NOTES. Psilogramma increta shares a variable wing markings pattern. It differs from P.

discistriga (Walker, 1856) by having a white ventral side of the abdomen (in P. discistriga ,

abdomen entirely brownish). No closely related species has been recorded northwards to China.

This is the first record of the genus Psilogramma from Russia.

underside; 3 – genitalia and aedeagus; and 4 – habitat: disturbed broadleaf forest. Scale bars for figs 1, 2 = 10 mm. (Photo by E.A. Spitsyna).

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Male of Psilogramma increta from Primorskii Krai, Russia: 1 – upperside; 2 –