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Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger 1888

  • 1. Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
  • 2. Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park, O. Bokeev Str., 115, KZ- 070908, Katon-Karagai, Kazakhstan. & Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue, 71, KZ- 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan. E-mail: alijainleipzig @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6806 - 0518
  • 3. Katon-Karagai State National Natural Park, O. Bokeev Str., 115, KZ- 070908, Katon-Karagai, Kazakhstan. & E-mail: g. bolbotov @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0009 - 1458 - 1161 * Corresponding author. E-mail: monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com

Description

Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888

(Figs 5, 6, 10)

Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888, Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 49 (1–3): 36 (Type locality: [China, Xinjiang] “Kuldja- District ”).

Material examined. KAZAKHSTAN: series of both sexes, 24.VII.2022, Zhetysu Region, Panfilov Distr., Ili River valley, 507m, 43°58'00.2''N 79°37'26.7''E, Populus / Haloxylon / Tamarix thickets, Volynkin A. V. & Titov S. V. leg. (CAV).

Distribution. The species is currently found only in the Ili River Valley and the foothills of the surrounding mountains (Southeast Kazakhstan and north-western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China) (Fig. 12).

Bionomics. The species inhabits sandy and clay deserts with dominance of Haloxylon, Tamarix L. and Nitraria, and patches of trees of Populus sect. Turanga Bunge (Fig. 15). The moths are on wing in late May–June and late July (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002), and the species possibly has two generations a year. The preimaginal stages and food plants are unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U. & Bolbotov, Gleb A., 2024, First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan, pp. 124-131 in Ecologica Montenegrina 77 on pages 129-130, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, http://zenodo.org/record/14654599

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References

  • Gyulai, P. & Ronkay, L. (2002) The taxonomic survey of the genus Scotocampa Staudinger, 1888, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Noctuidae, Hadeninae). Esperiana, 9, 420 - 430.