Esakiopteryx volitans (Butler, 1878)

Rybalkin, S. A. & Beljaev, E. A., 2023, First data on spring Geometridae (Lepidoptera) on Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Entomologist 482, pp. 22-32 : 28

* Esakiopteryx volitans (Butler, 1878)

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MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , 4.5 km NW Mendeleevo airport, Tretyakovo village, 21.V 2021, 1 ♀, leg. S. Rybalkin.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (S Amurskaya Oblast, S Khabarovskii Krai, Primorskii Krai, S Kurils – Kunashir), NE China, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima) ( Hashimoto, 2021). This species is recorded from Kuril Islands for the first time.

REMARKS. In the continental part of the Russian Far East larvae feed on Quercus mongolica ( Fagaceae ) ( Beljaev, 2016), in Japan – on Fagus japonica and different Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae ) ( Hashimoto, 2021).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Moths from Kunashir Island, dorsal view. 1 – Cleora leucophaea (Butler, 1878), ♂; 2 – Myrioblephara cilicornaria (Püngeler, 1903), ♂; 3 – Trichopteryx fastuosa Inoue, 1958; 4 – Trichopteryx terranea (Butler, 1878); 5 – Trichopteryx ussurica (Wehrli, 1927), ♂; 6 – Esakiopteryx volitans (Butler, 1878), ♀; 7 – Eupithecia clavifera Inoue, 1955; 8 – Eupithecia daemionata Dietze, 1904.