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Venusia phasma

  • 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

Venusia phasma (Butler)

(Fig. 48)

Material examined. 2 ♂, S Kholmsk, 25.IX, 09.X.2022.

Distribution. Russia (S RFE: SW * Sakhalin,?S Pimorskii Krai), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu),? South Korea.

Remarks. The finding of V. phasma in Sakhalin significantly expands its distribution range to the north. The distribution of V. phasma in the continental East Asia is questionable. Reports of this species from Primorskii Krai (Viidalepp 1977: 564; Viidalepp 1996: 29; and subsequent references in Mironov et al. 2008: 218; Beljaev 2016: 633; Beljaev & Mironov 2019: 269; Beljaev & Mironov 2021) are apparently based on the specimen cited on the GBIF website, taken in Gornotajozhnaja village 19.VI.1979 (Kurina 2022h) (Table 2). However, V. phasma is an autumn species, flying in Japan (Kanto region) from mid-September to late October (Nakajima & Yazaki 2011). In Korea, Leech (1897: 77) reported that this species (as “ Hydrelia phasma ”) was caught “at Gensan in August”, which also does not correspond to the characteristic flight period for the imago. All subsequent information about V. phasma from Korea seems to be based on this report by Leech, with the exception of an additional report from South Jeolla Province by Kim et al. (2016: 396), but without a photo of the moth in the cited book. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the distribution of V. phasma in Korea.

In Japan the larvae feed on the leaves and seeds of Fagus crenata (Fagaceae); in Sakhalin they apparently feed on Quercus mongolica subsp. crispula (Fagaceae).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
S
Event date
2022-10-09
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Venusia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Butler
Species
phasma
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2022-10-09
Taxonomic concept label
Venusia phasma (Butler, 1879) sec. Beljaev & Titova, 2023

References

  • Viidalepp, J. (1977) Spisok pyadenits fauny SSSR. 2. [A list of Geometridae of the fauna of USSR. 2]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 56 (3), 564 - 575. [in Russian]
  • Viidalepp, J. (1996) Checklist of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the former USSR. 2 nd Edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 111 pp.
  • Mironov, V. G., Beljaev, E. A. & Vasilenko, S. V. (2008) Geometridae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. Petersburg / Moscow, pp. 190 - 226 + 336 - 340. [in Russian]
  • Beljaev, E. A. (2016) Sem. Geometridae - Pyadenitsy [Family Geometridae - Geometrid Moths]. In: Lelej, A. S. (Ed.), Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 2. Lepidoptera. Dalnuaka, Vladivostok, pp. 518 - 666. [in Russian]
  • 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]
  • Beljaev, E. A. & Mironov, V. G. (2021) Geometridae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. 2 nd Edition. Version 2.1. Electronic Resource. Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, No pagination. Available from: https: // www. zin. ru / publications / books / Lepidoptera _ Russia / Catalogue _ of _ the _ Lepidoptera _ of _ Russia _ ver. 2.1. pdf (assessed 10 February 2022) [in Russian]
  • Kurina, O. (2022 h) Venusia phasma (Butler, 1879), GBIF occurrence 3023178429. In: Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Entomological Collection. Estonian University of Life Sciences. Occurrence dataset accessed via GBIF. org. Available from: https: // www. gbif. org / occurrence / 3023178429 (assessed 01 December 2022) https: // doi. org / 10.15468 / qn 6223
  • Nakajima, H. & Yazaki, K. (2011) Larentiinae. In: Kishida, Y. (Ed.), The Standard of Moths in Japan I. Callidulidae, Epicopeiidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae. Gakken Education Publishing, Tokyo, pp. 68 - 84, 248 - 316.
  • Leech, J. H. (1897) XXXI - On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 19, 297 - 349. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939708680542
  • Kim, S. - S., Choi, S. - W., Sohn, J. - C., Kim, T. & Lee, B. - W. (2016) The Geometrid moths of Korea (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Junghaengsa, Seoul, 499 pp.