First record of noctuid moth Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Southern Primorye as an example of the East Asian species penetrating in Russian fauna

Abstract

An East Asian-Oriental noctuid species Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 is recorded from Russia for the first time. The trend of invasions of the southern Macroheterocera species into the Russian Far East has existed at least during last century but is noticeably increased during last 20 years.

First record of Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Russia

“…A number of oriental Odonata species seems advancing northward and westward recently (Malikova, 2010;Malikova & Streltsov, 2015) and this record confirms the trend. Moreover, the trend of invasions of the East Asian-Oriental species of insects into the Russian Far East has existed at least during last century but is noticeably increased during last years (Dubatolov, 2021;Spitsyn & Spitsyna, 2021;Ustjuzhanin et al, 2021).…”

Range dynamics of some nemoral species of Lepidoptera in the Russian Far East due to climate change

“…Remarks. This Southeastern and East Asian species was recorded in the territory of the Russian Federation in 1975, when the first specimens were collected in the Khasan district of the Primorsky Kray (Dubatolov 2021). Later, it naturalized throughout almost the entire southern half of the Primorsky Kray, reaching the Spassk district in the north (Koshkin et al 2015).…”

“…Global warming events trigger northward migration of nemoral insect species. Thus, a trend related to occurrence of East Asian Lepidoptera species in the south of the Russian Far East, which had never found there before, has intensified over the past two decades (Dubatolov 2021). Many of these species belong to the families Sphingidae and Noctuidae (s.l.…”

“…For instance, the following representatives of the family Sphingidae have recently been recorded for the first time in the territory of the Russian Federation: Acosmeryx naga (Moore, [1858]) (Beljaev 2003), Ambulyx tobii (Inoue, 1976) (Koshkin & Bezborodov 2013), Parum colligata (Walker, 1856) (Koshkin & Kostyunin 2017), Acherontia styx Westwood, 1847 (Dubatolov & Yakovlev 2013), Psilogramma increta (Walker, 1865) (Spitsyn & Spitsyna 2021). Earlier, in 1975, Clanis undulosa Moore, 1879(Dubatolov 2021) and a number of vagrant hawk moth species were first discovered in the Russian Far East.…”

“…The following noctuoid species were found for the first time in the territory of the Russian Federation over the past decade: Risoba yanagitai Nakao, Fukuda et Hayashi, 2016 (Beljaev & Velyaev 2016), Euplexidia angusta Yoshimoto, 1987 , Bertula spacoalis (Walker, 1859) , Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 (Dubatolov 2021), Siglophora sanguinolenta (Moore, 1888) (Koshkin 2021). Oraesia excavata (Butler, 1878), Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763), Ischjya manlia (Cramer, 1776), Serrodes campana Guenée, 1852, Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794), Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777), Bastilla arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852), Catocala nubila Butler, 1881, and other noctuoid species were reported as species migrating to the southern Primorsky Kray (sometimes time of discovery being not indicated) (Kononenko 2010).…”