FAUNA OF THE GEOMETRID MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE) OF THE EASTERN SIKHOTE-ALIN IN THE AREA OF THE BOTCHINSKY STATE NATURE RESERVE I: HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND SUBFAMILIES ARCHIEARINAE, ENNOMINAE, DESMOBATHRINAE, AND GEOMETRINAE

Beljaev E.A., Vasilenko S.V., Dubatolov V.V.

Amurian zoological journal 2022; 14(3): 531–557

The article studies little-known fauna of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the middle sector of the eastern Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East, the central part of which is the Botchinsky State Nature Reserve. The first part discusses the history of research, localisation and description of collection points, methods of material collection, and approaches to typification of Geometridae ranges as well as presents materials on the subfamilies Archiearinae, Ennominae, Desmobathrinae and Geometrinae. In these subfamilies 86 species of geometrid moths were found, of which 82 species were found on the territory of the Botchinsky State Nature Reserve and its buffer zone. Among them Ourapteryx maculicaudaria (Motschulsky, 1866) and Charissa remmi Viidalepp, 1988 are new for the Khabarovsky Region, and 69 species were first recorded in the study area.

DOI 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-3-531-557

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