Dodia sikhotensis Tshistjakov 1988

• Main Author: Koshkin, Evgeny S.
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• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Erebidae; Dodia; Dodia sikhotensis; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11373142; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD3C5FFFAAFFA8FF61901E6BDBF896

Dodia sikhotensis Tshistjakov, 1988 (Figs 2K, L, 3F, G) Dodia kononenkoi sikhotensis Tshistjakov, 1988: 636, fig. 3. Holotype ♂ (ZISP). Type locality: [Russia], Primorsky Krai, Mount Golets, 1450 m. Material examined. Paratypes: 2 ♂, [USSR], Primorsky Krai, Chuguevsky district, Tsamo-Dynza [Golets] Mountain, 1450 m, goltsy and green moss spruce forest, southern slope, 15.VII.1972, Vasyurin leg. (FSCEATB) (Figs 2L, 3F). Other material: 1 ♂, Primorye Territory, Oblachnaya Mt., 1700 m, 2.VIII.1993, Yu. A. Tshistjakov leg. (FSCEATB); 6 ♂, Russia, Primorsky Krai, border between Chuguevsky and Olginsky districts, Snezhnaya Mountain, 43°43’53” N, 134°25’36” E, 1450 m, mountain tundra, in light trap, 07.VII.2013, Evgeny A. Beljaev leg. (EKC). Diagnosis. Dodia sikhotensis has almost uniformly colored brownish-gray wings and body, which are usually slightly lighter than those of D. kononenkoi and D. transbaikalensis . Some specimens may have shadows on the forewings that are slightly different from the ground color (Figs 2K, L). Upper distal process of valva very broad, several times wider than lower one; lower process is small, triangular in shape. As in D. transbaikalensis , the notch between the processes is wide and shallow. Aedeagus thick, almost straight, widened at apex. Vesica short, broad, sac-shaped, with small apical diverticulum. At the base and apex of the vesica there are two elongated perpendicular patches of densely placed spicular cornuti. Several small cornuti are located on the apical diverticulum and between the patches (Figs 3F, G). Distribution. Southern and Middle Sikhote-Alin Mountains (Primorsky Krai, Russia). Finds are known from the Golets, Lysaya Benevskaya, Oblachnaya, and Snezhnaya Mountains, and from Zimoveyny Klyuch in the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (Tshistjakov 1988, 1994) (Fig. 6). Ecology. Occurs in spruce forests at the upper limit of the forest belt, dwarf pine forests ( Pinus pumila (Parl.) Regel) and mountain tundra up to 1700 m altitude in the southern part of the Sikhote-Alin ...