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Lithophane pacifica Kononenko 1978

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Lithophane pacifica Kononenko, 1978

(Figs. 8, 10, 11)

Lithophane pacifica Kononenko, 1978, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 57 (4): 894, fig. 4, 5. Type-locality: Russia, Primorye Terr., Lazovsky distr., Lysaya Benevskaya Mt. (Types: ZI, St. Petersburg).

Material examined. Type series, including 9 males and 13 females, collected in Primorye territory: Lysaya Benevskaya Mt. 23.viii.1969 (Pugachuk), same locality, 22–24.viii.1974 (Vasjurin); Kedrovaya Pad nature reserve 1–2.xi.1976 (Kononenko); Ternei 28.ix.1974 (Volkova); additional material: 1 female, Tigrovoi, 21.ix.1975 (Kononenko); 1 male, Krounovka, 19.v.2000 (Beljaev). Genitalia prep. male—674 VK IBSS, female—706 VK IBSS.

Distribution and biology (Fig. 13). Russia, Primorye Terr.; North Korea (Ronkay & Park 1993), North China (Changbashan Mts.). The species inhabits dark coniferous Picea -Abies taiga and mixed broad-leaved forest dominated by Pinus koraensis in the mountains at 400–1200 m. Adults are on the wing from late August to November and after hibernation from March to early May. Larvae and foodplants unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Kononenko, Vladimir, 2009, Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), pp. 53-60 in Zootaxa 1993 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1302869

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Biodiversity

Collection code
VK, IBSS
Event date
1969-08-23 , 1975-09-21 , 2000-05-19
Verbatim event date
1969-08-23 , 1975-09-21 , 2000-05-19
Scientific name authorship
Kononenko
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Lithophane
Species
pacifica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lithophane pacifica Kononenko, 1978 sec. Kononenko, 2009

References

  • Kononenko, V. S. (1978) New species of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the south of the Maritime Territory. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 57 (4), 616 - 662 (in Russian).
  • Ronkay, L. & Park, K. T. (1993) New faunistic data on the family Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of the Korean Peninsula. Insesta Koreana, 10, 53 - 74.