Deltote uncula Clerck 1759

• Main Authors: Han, H. L., Kononenko, V. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Deltote; Deltote uncula; Sakhalin; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119659; https://zenodo.org/record/6119659

Deltote uncula (Clerck, 1759) (Figs 2, 12, 18) Phalaena uncula Clerck, 1759, Icones Insectorum Rariorum cum Nominibus 1: Pl. 3: 7 (Type-locality: not stated). Synonymy: Phalaena Tortrix uncana Linnaeus, 1761; Phalaena singularis Hufnagel, 1766; Tortrix unca [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775]. Material examined. 1 male, Jiashan, Helong, Prov. Jilin, 2.viii. 2000 (H.L. Han) [NEFU]; 2 males, 1 females, Russia, Primorye territory, Gornotayezhnoe, 15–18.vi. 1992 (V. Kononenko) [IBSS]; 1 male, 1 female, Russia, Chelyabinsk district, Miass, Ilmen State res., 22–23.vi. 2001 (K. Nupponen) [KN]; 1 male, 1 female, South Korea [CIS]; genitalia prep. male S Korea, HHL- 416 - 1; female Russia, Primorye, VK 739. Bionomics. Hygrophilous species, inhabits wet meadows, marshes, open wet forest, bushes along rivers or banks. Bivoltine, the moth flies in late V–VII and again in VIII–IX. Larvae feed on Deschampsia caespitosa , Phalaris arundinacea (Poaceae), Carex and Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Overwinters as pupa. Distribution. Eurasian, subboreal. North China (Provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin).—Europe, Central Asia, Russia to Ural, through Siberia to the Far East, Sakhalin and Kuriles, Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honhsu). : Published as part of Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, A review of the genus Deltote Reichenbah, Leipzig, 1817 with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Eustrotiinae), pp. 580-587 in Zootaxa 4007 (4) on pages 581-582, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/235049