Moths

27.01.2018 10:44, Ольга Титова

27.01.2018 19:23, chebur

Three species of the genus Laelia Stephens, 1828 are known in Japan:
1. Laelia coenosa sangaica Moore, 1877-widely distributed in the archipelago (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu). It is also found in Russia (on the Kuril Islands (Kunashir Island), Sakhalin, Primorye, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Region, Jewish Autonomous Region), on the Korean Peninsula, and in China.
Male (37mm) and female (39mm) - Russia, Primorye, leg. KONI


2. Laelia gigantea Butler, 1885
Described from Yokohama. In Japan, it is given for Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands.Okinawa.
In Volume 30 of Fauna Sinica, the view is given for the Chinese provinces of Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi.
Japanese females of this species are white. My female from China is slightly yellowish, so there are some doubts. Theoretically, there may be a double species in China. For now, let's trust comrade Chao Chungling.
Female (45mm) - China, Jiangxi, leg.Viktor Sinyaev


3. Laelia kunigamiensis Kishida, 1995-endemic to Japan.Okinawa
Photo of the straightened male can be seen here: http://www.jpmoth.org/Lymantriidae/Laelia_kunigamiensis.html

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27.01.2018 23:03, chebur

"Laelia" exclamationis Kollar, 1848
Male (33mm) - India, West Bengal, leg.CosMosk
Female (32mm) - Pakistan, leg. T. Rehman

27.01.2018 23:30, Ольга Титова

28.01.2018 21:35, chebur

28.01.2018 21:59, Ольга Титова

29.01.2018 21:05, chebur

05.02.2018 19:03, Sergey Rybalkin

Lymantria umbrosa Butler, 1881 Now this species is positioned separately from the unpaired one.

Caterpillar collected on Kunashir 06.08.2017
Pupa - 11.08.2017
Butterfly released 23.08.2017

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11.02.2018 10:05, Ольга Титова

11.02.2018 18:55, Andrey Bezborodkin

12.02.2018 7:28, Guest

12.02.2018 14:07, Andrey Bezborodkin

it is good to select subspecies, skipping the territory of Siberia)

I just quoted a phrase from a scientific article. But you didn't notice that the Krasnodar Territory was also omitted, which is exactly what Olga asked about.

15.02.2018 12:13, коты

15.02.2018 12:32, Andrey Bezborodkin

15.02.2018 20:41, Konung

both males and females fly well in Siberia!
As an example, I will cite a photo-demonstration of night fishing in the Altai in August 2017, where a mass migration of female diaspar was observed through the Seminsky Pass towards Ongudai.

15.02.2018 22:46, Andrei Dolgikh

16.02.2018 13:34, rhopalocera.com

16.02.2018 14:31, cleobis@mail.ru cleobis@mail.ru

16.02.2018 18:17, Andrei Dolgikh

05.03.2018 14:03, chebur

Since we have already remembered the genus Lymantria, we will add to our gallery a few images of representatives of this extensive and polytypical genus.

The subgenus Papuatria (Shintlmeister, 2004) includes two species endemic to o.New Guinea is a species with a very peculiar appearance. Below is a photo of a male of one of these species with white hind wings. In the second species, the hindwings of males are yellow. In some places they are found sympatrically.

Lymantria (Papuatria) ninayi Bethune-Baker, 1910
Male (33mm) - Indonesia, New Guinea, Arfak, leg. local collector


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05.03.2018 14:49, chebur

Lymantria (Nyctria) minora Van Eecke, 1928
A species found in southern Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java.
Female (77mm) - Indonesia, Java, leg. local collector


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05.03.2018 20:33, chebur

Lymantria (Porthetria) brotea lepcha Moore, 1879
Images of males and a shabby female of this subspecies, common in the Himalayas (Northern India, Nepal) and Indochina, have already been in this topic. Now a fresh female has arrived.
Female (81mm) - Vietnam, leg. local collector

05.03.2018 20:58, chebur

Lymantria (Porthetria) ganara xiaolingensis (Chao, 1985)
Male-Vietnam, leg.beetl
Female (73mm) - Vietnam, leg. local collector


This post was edited by chebur - 19.11.2018 00: 49

05.03.2018 21:23, chebur

Lymantria (Porthetria) diehli Schintlmeister, 1994
is a rather rare mountain species. Endemic to O.Sumatra.
Male (45mm) - Indonesia, Sumatra Island, leg.Garricos


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05.03.2018 21:47, chebur

Lymantria (Griveaudtria) polysticta Collenette, 1929
Endemic to O.Madagascar.
Male (36mm) - Madagascar island, leg. V. Efremenko

05.03.2018 21:56, chebur

Lymantria (Collentria) simplex Pagenstecher, 1886
is the only one currently known from about.New Guinea is a member of the subgenus Collentria (Shintlmeister, 2004).
Male (31mm) and female (37mm) - Indonesia, New Guinea, Arfac, leg. local collector, det.A. Schintlmeister

13.04.2018 14:39, Sergey Rybalkin

16.10.2018 21:46, Sergey Rybalkin

Orgyia dubia today 16.10.2018 a male and a wingless female came out

Caterpillars collected 3-4. 10. 2018 in the city of Znamensk, Astrakhan region.

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04.11.2018 23:59, chebur

It's time to fill up our gallery with representatives of the genus Calliteara Butler, 1881.
After the revision of the genus carried out in 2016 by T. A. Trofimova, D. F. Shovkun, and T. Witt, there are 116 taxa of specific and subspecific rank, grouped into 10 species groups.
Let's start with the largest species group "pudibunda".

Calliteara pudibunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
The most widespread species of the genus. It is found in the forest and forest-steppe zone of the Palearctic from Ireland in the west to Primorye and North Korea in the east. In the north, it reaches the south of Scandinavia. The southernmost finds are found in northern Iran and central China.
Male (40mm) - Russia, Nizhny Novgorod region, leg.rhopalocera.com
Female (59mm) - Russia, Moscow, leg. chebur
Melanists male (38mm) and female (48mm) - Russia, North Ossetia, leg. AGG

Caterpillar of the first age - Russia, Moscow region.


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05.11.2018 1:47, chebur

Calliteara abietis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
The second largest species of the genus in its range. The western limit of distribution in the Palearctic is in France. In Russia, it is found from the west of the European part and further east to Primorye, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The species is also found in Japan.
In Eastern Siberia, this species has a more monotonous gray color. Seaside specimens also look like European ones.
I express my gratitude to S. Didenko for the interesting material!
Male (41mm) - Russia, Moscow region, leg. sdi
Female (58mm) - Russia, Primorye, leg. sdi
Male (43mm) and female (60mm) - Russia, Buryatia, leg. sdi


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05.11.2018 2:04, chebur

Another pair of Calliteara abietis with almost complete reduction of the pattern.
Male (45mm) and female (59mm) - leg. V. Golovizin, Zabaikalsky Krai, Russia

05.11.2018 2:54, chebur

Calliteara pseudabietis Butler, 1885
A species close to pudibunda that flies with it sympatrically in the Amur region and in Primorye. Males are very variable in color. For example, in Mongolia and the Amur region, males are very light, sometimes almost white.
It is found in eastern Mongolia, northern China, North Korea, and Japan.
In Russia, it flies in the south of the Far East (from the Amur Region to Primorye). It is also known from Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.
Male (36mm) - Russia, Primorye, leg. V. Golovizin
Male (41mm) - Russia, Amur region, leg.Yakovlev
Male (41mm) - Russia, Primorye, leg. V. Golovizin
Female (56mm) - Russia, Sakhalin Island, leg. Alexanor


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06.11.2018 1:01, chebur

Calliteara axutha (Collenette, 1934)
It is a fairly widespread species in the east of Eurasia. The northernmost find is in the Amur region. It is also available in Primorye. It is also found in the north of the Korean Peninsula, in eastern and central China, and in northern Indochina.
Male (33mm) and female (55mm) - China, Sichuan, leg.Viktor Sinyaev

Our copies are more contrasting.
Male (42mm) - Russia, Primorye, leg.vicgrr


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06.11.2018 21:55, chebur

Calliteara illinita (Chao, 1986)
The spring species is endemic to the mountains of central and southeastern China (Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Guangxi provinces).
Male (54mm) - China, Guangxi, leg.Viktor Sinyaev

06.11.2018 22:03, chebur

Calliteara cerebosa (Swinhoe, 1903)
A species of the southern foothills of the Himalayas (found from Pakistan to Nepal), also found in the mountains of Indochina.
Male (45mm) - Pakistan, leg. T. Rehman

06.11.2018 22:22, chebur

Calliteara brunnescens (Moore, 1879)
A less widespread mountain species found, so far, in eastern Nepal, in north-eastern India (West Bengal), in Bhutan, as well as in northern Thailand and Vietnam.
Male (45mm) and female (! 103mm) - Bhutan, leg.Viktor Sinyaev
The male was bred by P. Morozov from an egg obtained from a "wild" female. His great photo essay of the preimaginal stages of this species and live butterflies is already in this topic.
I would like to express my gratitude to Morozzz for the interesting material!

06.11.2018 22:39, chebur

Calliteara zelotica (Collenette, 1932)
A predominantly lowland species described from the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur. In addition to the Malay Peninsula, it is also found on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan (Borneo).
Male (55mm) - Malaysia, North Borneo, Sabah, leg.Train


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06.11.2018 22:50, chebur

Calliteara argyroides (Collenette, 1932)
The view is similar to the previous one, but somewhat smaller in size. It is endemic to the Philippine Archipelago. It is found on the islands of Leyte, Samar and Mindanao.
Male (44mm) - Philippines, Leyte Island, leg.Iv Shin

07.11.2018 20:29, Sergey Rybalkin

Orgyia dubia, now a straightened male.

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07.11.2018 22:06, chebur

Calliteara melli (Collenette, 1934)
A species with a very unusual appearance, but still belonging to the "pudibunda" group. Sexual dimorphism is almost not expressed. On genitals it is practically indistinguishable from C. axutha.
It is found in central and southeastern China, on the islands of Hainan and Taiwan.
Male (45mm) and female (55mm) - China, Jiangxi, leg.Viktor Sinyaev