On the knowledge of Lepidoptera of Kunashir Island, Russia

Abstract

The species Garaeus specularis (Moore, 1868) (Geometridae) is recorded in Russia for the first time. Nineteen species, Gigantalcis flavolinearia (Leech, 1891), Ennomos nephotropa (Prout, 1930), Dysstroma korbi (Heydermann, 1929) (Geometridae), Amphipyra livida (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775), Apamea monoglypha (Hufnagel, 1766), Conistra fletcheri (Sugi, 1958), Diarsia ruficauda (Warren, 1909), Euxoa karschi (Graeser, 1890), Hydraecia mongoliensis (Urbahn, 1967), Ipimorpha retusa (Linnaeus, 1761), Karana laetevirens (Oberthur, 1884), Lithophane socia (Hufnagel, 1766), Mniotype melanodonta (Hampson, 1906), Pyrrhidivalva sordida (Butler, 1881), Spodoptera depravata (Butler, 1879), Telorta edentata (Leech, 1889), Xestia efflorescens (Butler, 1879), Triphaenopsis lucilla (Butler, 1878) (Noctuidae), Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sphingidae), are new for the fauna of the Kuril Islands; and three species Antivaleria viridimacula (Graeser, 1889), Spaelotis ravida (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775), Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) are new for the fauna of Kunashir Island.

Keywords

• Lepidoptera
• Geometridae
• Noctuidae
• fauna
• new record
• Kunashir