A revision of the subfamily Araeopteroninae Fibiger, 2005 in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with a description of four new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Abstract

The subfamily Araeopteroninae Fibiger, 2005 from the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries is revised. Six species occur in Russia, three of which are new: A. ussurica sp. n., A. makikoae sp. n. and A. patella sp. n.; A. fragmenta and A. nebulosa are reported for the first time for Russia. In South Korea five species occur, two of which are new: A. patella sp. n. and A. koreana sp. n. Three species, A. amoena, A. nebulosa, and A. fragmenta are reported for the first time from China. The formerly described Far Eastern species (A. amoena, A. nebulosa, A. fragmenta and A. flaccida) are redescribed based on morphological characters. Adultss of all species from northern East Asia treated in the article are illustrated in color with their male and female genitalia. Distribution maps of the species in the Russian Far East are presented, along with an alphabetic checklist of 36 described species.

Three new species of the genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Boletobiinae) from the Xizang Autonomous Region, China with an updated list of the world species

“…Type genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893. Lafontaine and Fibiger 2006 ; Kononenko 2005 , 2010 ; Fibiger and Kononenko 2008 ; Holloway 2009 .…”

“…The tribe comprises rather uniform and small or very small moths with quadrifine hindwing venation. The most conspicuous autapomorphic character states defining the Araeopteronini are: in external appearance, their small size, and the shape of the wings with a long, narrow, pointed forewing and short, rounded, triangular hindwing; in the male genitalia, the shape of the tegumen, hugely developed paratergal sclerites, the structure of the valve and the articulation of uncus; and in the female genitalia the patch between the ovipositor lobes on the ventral side and the shape of the signum in the corpus bursae (e.g., Fibiger and Hacker 2001 ; Fibiger and Lafontaine 2005 ; Fibiger and Kononenko 2008 ; Holloway 2009 ).…”

“…The group’s distribution is mainly pantropical, but a few species extend into the temperate zone: six species are recorded in Japan, the Russian Far East, and the Korean Peninsula ( Inoue 1958 , 1965 ; Kononenko et al 1998 ; Kononenko and Han 2007 ; Fibiger and Kononenko 2008 ) and one species is recorded in the Near East and southern Europe ( Fibiger and Agassiz 2001 ; Fibiger and Hacker 2001 ).…”

“…The world fauna list of 36 species of Araeopteron was published by Fibiger and Kononenko (2008) . Subsequently, a review of the Araeopteronini from Borneo followed by a list of species was published by Holloway (2009 , 2011 ).…”

New data to the Noctuoidea fauna of Sakhalin Island (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Arctiidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae)

“…Редкий вид, отмечавшийся в окрестностях Комсомольска-на-Амуре и на юге Приморского края [Dubatolov, 2013a, b]. Описан из Кореи [Fibiger, Kononenko, 2008], в Японии пока не отмечался.…”