New data on Lepidoptera of West Siberian Plain, Russia

Abstract

A list of 32 species of Lepidoptera from the south part of West Siberian Plain is given. Twenty-five species are reported from the territory of the Omsk Province for the first time, six species are new to the Novosibirsk Province. Eight species are new to the Russian part of the West Siberian Plain. Bucculatrix cristatella (Zeller, 1839) is reported as new for the Asian part of Russia.

New records of Geometridae and Noctuidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Omsk and  Novosibirsk Regions of Russia

“…Flight period in Omsk Region is from middle of July to the end of August. In Novosibirsk Region this species was known by two males from Bugotak uplands (Knyazev et al 2019). Remark.…”

Lithosiini and Arctiini of Daghestan (NE Caucasus) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae)

“…In European Russia the species was recorded from Voronezh and Rostov Regions (Taganrog and Nedvigovka), Astrakhan Region (the Volga delta) (KÖNIG, 1985), as well as in Daghestan. In Siberia the only known population lives in the south-western part of the Novosibirsk region near Lake Krotovaya Lyaga 13 km west of Karasuk Town (DUBATOLOV, 1985); however, in 2018 one male specimen was surprisingly collected in Omsk city (KNYAZEV et al, 2019) and in June 2020 the species was found at lake Chany. The species is recorded for the first time for several locations in Daghestan.…”

The first record of Diacrisia metelkana (Lederer, 1861) for Kazakhstan with notes on its bionomics and distribution (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini)

“…The species is known from France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia (Rostov, Samara, Voronezh and Krasnodar Regions), North-East Caucasus (Daghestan Republic), southern part of West Siberian Plain (Novosibirsk and Omsk Regions of Russia and Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan), Russian Far East (Jewish Autonomous, Amur, Khabarovsk and Primorye Regions), Korea, Japan, China (Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Dunbei, Nei Mongol, Hebei, Shangdong, Zhejiang and Hunan Provinces) (Dubatolov 1985;1996;2004;Beshkow 1992;Dubatolov & de Vos 2010;Witt et al 2011;Kučinić et al 2014;Vajgand 2015;Kulak 2017;Jpmoth 2018;Sachkov 2018;Knyazev et al 2019) (Fig. 7).…”

“…This group comprises four species, three of which, namely D. amurensis (Bremer, 1861), D. nebulosa Butler, 1877 andD. subvaria (Walker, 1855) (Dubatolov 1985;Knyazev et al 2019). The southernmost find in Pavlodar Region (Osolodochnoe Lake shore) extends the Siberian cluster of species' range by 50 km to the south only, but this is the first record for Kazakhstan fauna.…”