Scopula virgulata
Creators: name: Makhov, Ilya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Scopula
Scopula virgulata

description: 26. Scopula virgulata (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775)
(adults Figs. 25B, 59C; male gen. Figs. 44H–44K; female gen. Fig. 53A)
Acidalia strigaria (Hübner, 1799): Staudinger, 1892: 374; Herz, 1898: 260; Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 275.
Acidalia substrigaria (Staudinger, 1900): Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 275.
Scopula virgulata substrigaria (Staudinger, 1900): Viidalepp, 1976: 848; 1996: 54; Berlov & Berlov, 2006: 103; Beljaev & Mironov, 2019: 280.
Scopula vigaleata [sic!]: Rudykh & Gordeeva, 1997: 62.
Scopula virgulata: Gordeeva & Gordeev, 2007: 125; 2020: 72; Mironov et al., 2008: 209.
Material examined. Irkutskaya Oblast: B. Koty, 7.VII.2010, 1 spm.; same loc., 3.VII.2012, 1 spm.; same loc., 5.VII.2012, 2 spms.; same loc., 9.VII.2012, 1 spm.; Lavrentyevo, 8.VII.2011, 2 ♁; same loc., 19. VI.2011, 1 ♁; same loc., 3.VIII.2011, 1 ♁; same loc., 31.VII.2011, 1 ♁; same loc., 5.VII.2011, 1 ♁; same loc., 14.VII.2013, 1 ♁.; same loc., 13–16. VI.2018, 1 ♁ (GenBank ID: MZ148357); Tazheranskaya steppe, 23.VII.2019, 1 ♁; same loc., 28.VII.2020, 1 ♁, I. Makhov; ”Irkutskaya gubernia”, no date, 2 ♁, unknown collector; Mukhor, 20.VII.1966, 1 ♀, I. Raygorodskaya [ZIN]; Podkamennaya, 15.VII.2011, 7 spms.; same loc., 2.VII.2011, 2 spms.; same loc., 4.VII.2020, 1 ♁, V. Shilenkov; Melnikovo, 11.VII.1940, 1 spm., A. Bykov; Irkutsk, 21.VII.2009, 2 spms.; same loc., 14.VII.2004, 1 spm. [BF]; Belorechensky, 17.VII.2010, 2 spms., E. Berlov; P. Kirenga, 5.VII.2004, 1 spm.; Onkholoy, 18.VII.2005, 1 spm., O. Berlov [EB]. Buryatia: Tatarsky Klyuch, 2.VII.2020, 2 ♁; same loc., 13.VII.2020, 3 ♁; Arshan, 26. VI.2020, 3 ♁; Mostovka, 24–25. VI.2016, 1 ♁; same loc., 28. VI.2015, 1 ♁; Bayan, 6.VII.2016, 3 spms.; Beloozersk, 3.VII.2016, 1 ♁; Gegetuy, 11–12.VII.2016, 7 spms.; M. Tasarkhay, 7.VII.2016, 1 ♀; Tarbagatay, 13.VII.2018, 1 ♁; same loc., 29. VI.2016, 1 ♁, 1 ♀; Senokosny, 29. VI.2015, 2 spms.; same loc., 27. VI.2016, 1 spm.; Mondy, 1600 m.a.s.l., 21.VII.2013, 1 ♁; same loc., 1000 m.a.s.l., same loc., 20.VII.2019, 4 ♁; Maly Kunaley, 2.IX.2020, 1 ♁; Gusinoye, 8.VIII.2020, 2 ♁, I. Makhov; “Irkut”, no date, 2 ♁, unknown collector; Moigoty, 13.VII.1916, 3 ♁, S. Rodionov; Ulan-Ude, 23.VII.1959, 1 ♀; same loc., 12.VII.1959, 1 ♁ V. Kolmakova [ZIN].
Distribution. Transeurasiatic, temperate. Throughout the Russian territory from Kaliningradskaya Oblast to Primorye and Sakhalin, Kamchatka and northern part of Khabarovsky Kray. Outside Russia in Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, N China, Korea, Japan (Honshu Isl.).
Hostplants: different herbs (Carex, Inula), Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Asteraceae, also Vaccinium myrtillus, Potentilla, Lactuca, Taraxacum, Lonicera, Sedum (Beljaev 2016).
description: Published as part of Makhov, Ilya, 2023, Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Baikal region: identification keys and annotated catalogue with notes to DNA barcoding. Part 2. Archiearinae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae, pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 5294 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5294.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7965063