Ecologica Montenegrina 28: 23-25 (2020) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em

First reliable record of many-plumed Pterotopteryx spilodesma (, Alucitidae) on Island

OLGA TITOVA1, *PETER USTJUZHANIN2,3, VASILIY KOVTUNOVICH4 & ALEXANDER STRELTZOV5

1) Federal State Budget Institution "Sakhalin Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring", Zapadnaja 78, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693000, . 2) Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 3) Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia. 4) Moscow Society of Nature Explorers, Bolshaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow, 125009, Russia. 5) Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 48, Moika Emb., Saint-Petersburg, 191186, Russia. *Corresponding author

Received 30 December 2019 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 9 February 2020 │ Published online 13 February 2020.

Abstract Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908) is reliably indicated for the fauna of the Sakhalin Island for the first time. The photos of female adult and genitalia are provided.

Key words: many-plumed moth, fauna, new data, .

Introduction

Pterotopteryx spilodesma is a widely spread many-plumed moth species, described from north-eastern India, state Assam (Meyrick, 1908), also known from China (Taiwan), , Korea, Philippines (Byun, 2006). For Russia, it was previously given erroneously, from the Sakhalin Island (Dubatolov, Ustjuzhanin, 1991; Ustjuzhanin, 1999). In the annotated catalogue of of the Russian Far East, in addition to Primorsky Krai, P. spilodesma was also reported from Sakhalin, but in doubt (Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2016). One female of P. spilodesma has been collected in the vicinity of Kholmsk City (Sakhalin Island) in 2017 by first author. The study of the genital preparation confirmed its species affiliation. The Wild МБР-1 microscope and Canon DS126291 camera were used to prepare images.

Results

Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908) Figs 1, 2 Orneodes spilodesma Meyrick, 1908: 508. Type locality: Assam, India. Orneodes ochracea Marumo, 1923: 197. Type locality: Japan. Orneodes isshikii Matsumura, 1931: No. 2086. Type locality: Japan.

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FIRST RELIABLE RECORD OF MANY-PLUMED MOTH PTEROTOPTERYX SPILODESMA ON SAKHALIN ISLAND

Material examined. Russia: Sakhalin Island, vicinity of Kholmsk, 47.028 N, 142.037 E, at light trap, 25.IX 2017, 1 ♀, leg. О.L. Titova Distribution. India (Assam), Philippines, China (Taiwan), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tanegashima, Yakushima); Russia (Southern Primorye, Southern Sakhalin, Shikotan Island). Remarks. The caterpillars live on the Lonicera L. (Caprifoliaceae), there are at least five species of them on Sakhalin (Voroshilov, 1982); in Japan they feed on L. japonica Thunb. (Inoue, 1982). On Sakhalin there are two Alucitidae species, one of them is more common: Pterotopteryx eumorphodactyla (Caradja, 1920) and the other is more rare, currently known only by one specimen from south-western coast of the island, Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908).

Figure 1. Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908), female. Left – adult specimen; right – genitalia (scale bars: 1mm).

Acknowledgements We express our gratitude to Sergey Reshetnikov (Novosibirsk, Russia) for providing photos of the adult.

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