Published November 8, 2023 | Version v1
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Tyloptera bella

  • 1. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
  • 2. Sakhalin Territory Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Sakhalinskaya oblast, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.

Description

Tyloptera bella (Butler)

(Fig. 23)

Tyloptera bella: Beljaev & Mironov 2019: 255 (Sakhalin).

Material examined. 2 ♂, Sokhonda mount., 23.VII.2019.

Distribution. Russia (S RFE: SW Sakhalin, S Kurils—Kunashir, S Khabarovskii Krai, Primorskii Krai), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima, Amami), North Korea, South Korea, mainland China (except NW and Western Plateau), China (Taiwan), Myanmar, India (Sikkim).

Remarks. The finding of T. bella in Sakhalin significantly expands its distribution range to the northeast. The specimens were collected in the vicinity of thickets of Aralia elata (Araliaceae), which is the host plant for the larvae in Japan.

Notes

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 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10147411

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Geometridae
Genus
Tyloptera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Butler
Species
bella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tyloptera bella (Butler, 1878) sec. Beljaev & Titova, 2023

References

  • Beljaev, E. A. & Mironov, V. G. (2019) Geometridae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. 2 nd Edition. Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, pp. 235 - 281. [in Russian]