New data on Lepidoptera of Kuril Islands

Autumn moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Kunashir Island

“…He published newly observed species only: Garaeus specularis (Moore, 1868), Ennomos nephotropa (Prout, 1930), Gigantalcis flavolinearia (Leech, 1891), Dysstroma korbi (Heydemann, 1929) (Geometridae), Bombyx mandarina (Moore, 1872) (Bombycidae), Caligula jonasii (Butler, 1877) (Saturniidae), Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sphingidae), Phalerodonta manleyi (Leech, 1889) (Notodontidae), Orgyia thyellina (Butler, 1881), Lymantria (Nyctria) mathura (Moore, 1866) (Lymantriidae), Hypostrotia cinerea (Butler, 1878) (Erebidae), Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer et Grey, 1853), C. ichinosei (Dufay, 1965), Thysanoplusia intermixta (Warren, 1913), Macdunnoughia hybrida L. Ronkay, 1986, Amphipyra livida ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775), Triphenopsis lucilla (Butler, 1878), Pyrrhidivalva sordida (Butler, 1881), Cosmia restituta (Walker, 1857), Hydraecia mongoliensis (Urbahn, 1967), Ipimorpha retusa (Linnaeus, 1761), Spodoptera depravata (Butler, 1879), Daseochaeta viridis (Leech, 1889), Edentelorta edentata (Leech, 1889), Antivaleria viridimacula (Graeser, 1889), Dryobotodes pryeri (Leech, 1890), Conistra fletcheri (Sugi, 1958), Lithophane socia (Hufnagel, 1766), Mniotype melanodonta (Hampson, 1906), Diarsia ruficauda (Warren, 1909), Euxoa karschi (Graeser, 1890), Spaelotis ravida ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775), and Xestia efflorescens (Butler, 1879) (Noctuidae). However, one determination looks incorrect, the report of Gortyna basalipunctata (Graeser, 1889) (sensu Rybalkin et al, 2020a) was in fact based on dark specimens of G. fortis (Butler, 1878), that were common in Kunashir in September-October, 2022. Few overwintering Noctuidae species were collected in spring, 2021 (Rybalkin et al, 2022): Conistra (Dasycampa) albipuncta (Leech, 1889), C. (D.) castaneofasciata (Motschulsky, 1861), C. (s.…”

New for the Russian fauna species of the families Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)

“…), Erebidae (without Lymantriinae and Arctiinae), Euteliidae, and Nolidae] includes 991 species (Kononenko, 2016 a-d) or 986 species (Matov, 2019 a, b;Matov et al, 2019 a, b). Furthermore, after the publication of these books, four additional species has been recorded from this territory (Koshkin, 2020;Koskin & Pekarsky, 2020;Rybalkin, 2020).…”