Gandaritis pyraliata ...

• Main Authors: Beljaev, Еvgeniy A., Titova, Olga L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Geometridae; Gandaritis; Gandaritis pyraliata; Titova; Sakhalin; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10247988; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10247988

Gandaritis pyraliata (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Fig. 38) Gandaritis pyraliata: Beljaev & Mironov 2019: 264 (Sakhalin). Material examined. 2 ♂, 3 ♀, S Kholmsk, 02.VIII.2017, 24.VII.2018, 18, 27.VII.2021, 22.VII.2022; 5 ♂, Yasnomorskoe, 18, 19, 22, 23.VII.2019. Distribution. Russia (S RFE: SW Sakhalin, S Khabarovskii Krai, Amurskaya Oblast, Primorskii Krai; Yakutia, Central and W Siberia, Urals, European Part, N Caucasus), N China, Mongolia, Transcaucasia, Europe. Remarks. The finding of G. pyraliata in Sakhalin significantly expands its distribution range to the east. The moths prefer meadows, fly in the second half of July and beginning of August. The known host plants of the larvae in Europe are various Galium (Rubiaceae). Xue & Zhu (1999), keeping G. pyraliata in the genus Eulithis Hübner, noted the transitional position of this species between Eulithis and Gandaritis Moore, and that its taxonomic status needs further study. Choi (2001) transferred pyraliata in Gandaritis on the basis of ... : Published as part of Beljaev, Еvgeniy A. & Titova, Olga L., 2023, New data on geometroid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Uraniidae and Geometridae) from Sakhalin and Moneron islands with notes on their taxonomy distribution and ecology, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 5369 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10147411 ...