Materials on the Geometrid Moth fauna of the Northern Caucasus with description of Entephria cyanata alanica ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Abstract

Four Geometrid Moth species are reported as new for the fauna of the Northern Caucasus: Narraga tessularia (Metzner, 1845), Horisme corticata (Treitschke, 1835), Nebula senectaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) and Entephria cyanata (Hübner, [1809]). N. senectaria is recorded for the first time for Russia. Caucasian populations of E. cyanata are attributed to a new subspecies E. cyanata alanica ssp. n.

Keywords

• Lepidoptera
• Geometridae
• Caucasus
• Entephria
• new subspecies