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LEPIDOPTERA
Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875) • TYPE LOCALITY. Japan. • SYNONYMS: quinquepuncta Mabille, 1883; sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925. • RANGE. Confined to E. Asia. • DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The S. Amur and Ussuri regions, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, all populated by the nominate subspecies. • HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Forest edges, sea-shore meadows and other open grassy habitats. Flight period: end of July-August. Phragmites, Sasa (Poaceae) have been recorded as host plants (Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995). • SIMILAR SPECIES. P. zina: wings narrower and apex acute, lower spot in FW cell large and displaced basad. | |||||
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997