To the knowledge of the fauna of Lepidoptera of Mongolia. Family tussock moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Lymantriidae)

Abstract

An annotated catalogue of 13 species of tussock moths collected in Mongolia, mainly by the entomological division of the joint Russian-Mongolian complex biological expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in 2002–2005 and 2007–2008, is provided. Calliteara virginea (Oberthür, 1870) is reported for the study area for the first time. For some aimags the following species are noted for the first time: Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) for Khentii, Thylacigyna antiquoides (Hübner, 1822) for Dornod, Gynaephora angelus (Tschetverikov, 1904) for Arkhangai and Övörkhangai, Gynaephora fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758) for Khövsgöl, Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) for Zavkhan, Bulgan and Dornod, and Ivela ochropoda (Eversmann, 1847) for Arkhangai. Based on literature data, it is proposed that the populations of Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) in Mongolia, China, Korean Peninsula, the Russian Far East and Japan be classified as the subspecies Lymantria dispar japonica Motschulsky, 1860. Amigdalus mongolica (Maxim.) Ricker (Rosaceae) is reported as a host palnt of Gynaephora angelus for the first time.

Keywords

• lepidoptera
• noctuoidea
• lymantriidae
• new records
• host plants
• systematics
• mongolia