©EntomologicaFennica.16June2006 Lepidoptera of Terskij seashore of the Kola Peninsula, Northwestern Russia MikhailV.Kozlov&JaakkoKullberg Kozlov,M.V.&Kullberg,J.2006:LepidopteraofTerskijseashoreoftheKola Peninsula,NorthwesternRussia.—Entomol.Fennica17:123–129. ThefaunaofmothsandbutterfliesoftheWesternpartoftheKolaPeninsulais reasonablywelldocumented,whiledatafromEasternpartarescarce,andonly five species have so far been recorded from the White Sea shore between KuzomenandPonoi.HerewereporttheresultsofsamplingconductedonJune 29–July2,2004,in14sitesalonga150kmstretchbetweenKuzomenandPu- longa.Among146collectedspeciesofLepidoptera,12arerecordedforthefirst timefromtheKolaPeninsula,whichincreasedtheregionalfaunato688species. ForUdeanebulalis,whichisforthefirsttimereportedfromRussia,weprovide additionalrecordsfromKarelia. MikhailV.Kozlov,SectionofEcology,UniversityofTurku,FI-20014Turku,Fin- land;[email protected] JaakkoKullberg,ZoologicalMuseum,UniversityofHelsinki,P.O.Box17,FI- 00014Helsinki,Finland;[email protected] Received20April2005,accepted2September2005 1.Introduction (1988)forhistory].Inparticular,onlyfivespecies ofLepidopterahavesofarbeenreportedfromthe Althoughthefaunaofmothsandbutterfliesofthe White Sea shore between Kuzomen and Ponoi Kola Peninsula is reasonably well documented, (Kozlov&Jalava1994). with 676 species reported to date (Kozlov & BetweenJune29andJuly2,2004,146spe- Jalava1994,Kozlovetal.2000),thevastmajor- cies of Lepidoptera were collected in 14 sites ityofrecordsoriginatedfromthewesternpartsof along a 150-km stretch between Kuzomen and theMurmanskregion.TheoldFinnishterritories Pulonga (Fig. 1). This region is difficult to ex- wereexploredbeforeWorldWarII(Valle1933, plore, because the roads are suitable only for Krogerus1943),whilemostofthematerialfrom tracked vehicles. To our knowledge, our team the territories adjacent to the railway and road wasthefirsttocollectinsectsinthissparselypop- linking Murmansk with Kandalaksha, and from ulated region since the last visits of the Finnish the White Sea shore between Kandalaksha and entomologists in the 19th century. We therefore Varzuga, was accumulated during the past two present a complete list of the Lepidoptera decades[foramapshowingcollectinglocalities, sampledorobservedduringthisvisit. seeKozlov&Jalava(1994)].Incontrast,theeast- ern part of the Kola Peninsula is still almost a “blank spot” from where fragmented faunistic 2.Materialandmethods data have been collected by Finnish entomolo- gistsduringthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturyand Thehabitatssurveyedinthecourseofourexcur- thebeginningofthe20thcentury[seeSilfverberg sionwerediverse,butweprimarilycollectedin 124 Kozlov&Kullberg (cid:127) ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 Fig.1.LocationofthesamplingsitesontheSoutherncoastoftheKolaPeninsula, north-westernRussia.Enlargedviewshownonright;forplacenamesandcoordi- natesconsultTable1. stunted birch-dominated forests, birch wood- menhadbeencollectedforeachspeciesateach lands,seashoreandriversidemeadowsandtun- study site; however, rare species, as well as dra-likehabitatsalongtheseashore(Fig.2a–d). groups that are difficult to discriminate in the Coniferous forest sites occurred in the western field, have been collected more thoroughly. We partofourroute,butfurthertotheEastconifers didnotaimatestimatingabundancesofthespe- have not been observed near the seashore, al- cies,andthereforethenumbersofspecimensare thoughtheyweresometimesseennearthehori- reportedonlyforspeciesthatarerareornewfor zon.Carewastakentosurveyeverypossiblehab- the Kola Peninsula. Specimens are deposited in itat,althoughstrongwindspreventedusfromcol- theZoologicalMuseumoftheFinnishMuseum lectingrepresentativematerialsfromseveralex- of Natural History, University of Helsinki posed sites. Lepidoptera were only sampled by (FMNH). netting;thetotalcollectingeffortapproached40 Weusethesamenumericcodesforthelocali- person-hours.Asarule,thesinglevoucherspeci- ties(Table1)asinourearlierpapers(Kozlov& Fig.2.–a.SeashorenearthemouthofMakeevskijRiver(site89).–b.BolshayaKumuzhyaRiver(site99). –c.ErodedsanddunesnearthemouthofBolshayaKumuzhyaRiver(site99).–d.SeashoreEastofChapoma (nearthesite96).PhotosbyV.Zverev. ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 (cid:127) LepidopteraofTerskijseashore 125 Table1.WaypointsandcollectingsitesoftheexpeditionalongtheWhiteSeashore,KolaPeninsula. Code Position1 Latitude Longitude Date–time Stoptype2 Habitats Nr.ofspp. 89 mouthofMakeevskijR. 66°11’22” 37°24’16” 29.06.0418:00–19:15 short seashoremeadow 29 78 Chavanga 66°07’ 37°46’ 29.06.0420:45–21:30, technical village 7 02.07.0416:40–17:20 95 2kmNChapoma 66°06’54” 38°51’18” 30.06.0403:43–14:30 overnight riversideforest 79 96 16kmNEEChapoma 66°08’21” 39°14’03” 30.06.0416:16–17:00 short tundra-likeseashore 23 98 Pyalitsa 66°11’20” 39°31’30” 30.06.0417:40–18:10, technical village 8 01.07.0415:30–15:45 99 BolshayaKumuzhyaR. 66°12’45” 39°43’06” 30.06.0419:00–21:00 short riverside, 24 heathsandwillows 100 mouthofPulongaR. 66°15’57” 39°58’17” 30.06.0423:17 overnight riverside,birchwoodland 58 –01.07.0413:30 97 5kmWPyalitsa 66°10’17” 39°25’33” 01.07.0416:05–16:45 short forestonsteepslope 17 94 mouthofStrelnaR. 66°04’13” 38°38’20” 01.07.0419:47–21:00 short bushandflowering 41 meadows 93 mouthofKamenkaR. 66°03’47” 38°19’54” 01.07.0422:15 –02.07.0412:30 overnight forest,seashoremeadows 76 92 8kmWTetrino 66°04’56” 38°03’38” 02.07.0413:30–14:00 short bushyvegetation 20 91 mouthofRombachR. 66°05’31” 37°53’27” 02.07.0414:50–15:20 short riverside,forest,heath, 41 bogs 90 13kmNWChavanga 66°09’43” 37°30’18” 02.07.0418:00–18:45 short seashoremeadow, 32 bushyvegetation 1BoldfacedarethelocalitynamesthatcanbefoundinTheTimesAtlasoftheWorld. 2Technicalstopsweremadeforchangingvehiclesandforotherreasonsnotrelatedtoscientificgoalsoftheexcursion,incontrasttootherstopsmadeinhabitatsmost suitedforcollectingofinsects. Jalava1994,Kozlovetal.2000)andaddthenew Nemophorabellela(Wlk.).91. localitiestotheendofthelist(numbers89–100). TaxonomyfollowsKullbergetal.(2002);aster- Incurvariidae isksdenotespeciesthathavenotbeenpreviously Phylloporiabistrigella(Hw.).100. reportedfromtheKolaPeninsula.Forcollecting Incurvariaoehlmanniella(Hb.).91,95. datesconsultTable1.Biogeographicalprovinces Incurvariavetulella(Zett.).91. ofFinland(Le,Li,Lkoc,Lkor,Obb,Ks,Oba,Sb, Incurvariacirculella(Zett.).93,95. Kb)aregiveninitalics;foramapofprovinces, consulte.g.Kullbergetal.(2002).UTMgridfor Prodoxidae theKolaPeninsulawaspublishedby Kozlov& *Lamproniastandfussiella(Z.).93:2exx.Arare Jalava(1994);UTMgridzonesoftheWorldcan species living on Rosa majalis Herrm., usu- be found at http://www.dmap.co.uk/utmworld. ally occurring on river meadows and sandy htm. places.InNorthernEurope,thisspecieswas known only from the vicinity of Petro- zavodsk, until it was discovered in 1994 in 3.Listofspecies Finland in the vicinity of Rovaniemi, Obb (Itämiesetal.1996);in2004itwasalsofound Micropterigidae in Sweden on an island in the Tornionjoki Micropterixaureatella(Scop.).94,95,97,98. River(N.Ryrholm,pers.comm.). Nepticulidae Tineidae Ectoedemiaoccultella(L.).91. Myrmecozelaochraceella(Tengstr.).95. Adelidae Gracillariidae Nematopogonswammerdamellus(L.).95. Callistocoffeella(Zett.).97. 126 Kozlov&Kullberg (cid:127) ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 Phyllonorycterhilarellus(Zett.).95,99. wastobeexpectedintheKolaPeninsula.The larva feeds on several legume species e.g. Yponomeutidae Vicia cracca L., Lathyrus pratensis L. and Paraswammerdamiaconspersella(Tengstr.).95. Medigacospp.(Kaitila1996). *Monochroa saltenella (Benander). 95: 2 exx. Argyresthiidae Veryuncommonspecies;inFinland,recorded ArgyresthiaconjugellaZ.99. onceinKilpisjärvi,Le(Kullbergetal.2002). The species is relatively widespread, but Plutellidae rarely collected in the Scandinavian moun- Plutellaxylostella(L.).89,90,92,93,94,95,96, tains (Aarvik et al. 2000; Gustafsson 2004). 99,100. InRussia,ithasonlybeencollectedinthePo- lar Ural and the Altai mountains (Karsholt Oecophoridae 2004,J.Kullberg,pers.obs.).Thebiologyis Pleurotabicostella(Cl.).89,91,92. unknown,butRumexacetosaL.issupposed Denisiastipella(L.).90. tobethefoodplant(Svensson1993).Speci- menshavebeenfoundinwetmeadowsinthe Elachistidae Polar Ural at 250 ma.s.l. (J. Kullberg, pers. ElachistadiederichsiellaE.Hering.94. obs.),andinmountainmeadowsinScandina- ElachistanobilellaZ.89,93. via – mainly in the birch zone (Gustafsson ElachistaapicipunctellaStt.89,95. 2004). On the Kola Peninsula, specimens ElachistasubalbidellaSchl.89,95. were collected from riverside vegetation at Cosmiotesfreyerella(Hb.).89. aboutsealevel. Bryotrophagalbanella(Z.).93. Coleophoridae *Bryotrophasenectella(Z.).94:1ex.Thenorth- Coleophoralusciniaepennella(Tr.).98. ernmostrecordforthisspecies;inFinland,it ColeophoraalticolellaZ.93. occurs in Sb, Ks and Kb and southwards ColeophoravirgaureaeStt.94. (Kullberg et al. 2002, 2005; Karsholt & Coleophorasaxicolella(Dup.).93. Rutten 2005). Aspecies living in moss; and ColeophoraatriplicisMeyr.93. maybeeasilyoverlookedinthenorth. Coleophoratrochilella(Dup.).100. Teleiodesproximella(Hb.).90,91,93. ColeophorastriatipennellaNylander.89,93,95, Teleiopsisdiffinis(Hw.).100. 100. Chionodesviduella(F.).96,98. Litasexpunctella(F.).78,95. Momphidae *Gnorimoschemaepithymellum(Stgr.).93:1ex. Mompharaschkiella(Z.).93. Expected species that occurs on sandy and *Mompha sturnipennella (Tr.). 93: 1 ex. The rockyplacesnorthwardsuptoLkocandLkor northernmost record for Russia; so far, was in Finnish Lapland. In northern Europe it is known from Arkhangelsk and Petrozavodsk represented by ssp. brunneomaculellum (S.Sinev,pers.comm.)andfromtheKrasnyi (Hackman,1946).InFinland,thefoodplant KameninPolarUralneartheArcticCircle(J. is Solidago (Kaitila 1996), possibly also Kullberg,pers.obs.).Thespeciesisoccurring Erigeron(J.Kullberg,pers.obs.). inFinlanduptothenorthernmostprovinceLi Scrobipalpamurinella(Dup.).95. (Kullbergetal.2002). Scrobipalpaobsoletella(F.R.).93. Scrobipalpaatriplicella(F.R.).93,100. Gelechiidae *Xystophorapulveratella(H.-S.).93:1ex.One Tortricidae ofthenorthernmostrecordsforthisspecies;in Choristoneuraalbaniana(Wlk.).95. Finland,occursinKsandsouthwards(Kull- Syndemismusculana(Hb.).95. berg et al. 2002). This species is considered Clepsissenecionana(Hb.).93,94,95,100. commoninmostofitsrangeinFinland,and Clepsisrogana(Gn.).89,90,91,92,93,94,95, ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 (cid:127) LepidopteraofTerskijseashore 127 100.ThepopulationsofboththeKolaPenin- Cydia indivisa (Danil.). 90, 95. Previously sula and the Polar Ural differ from those in known from one specimen collected near central Europe and southeast Finland (Kull- Monchegorsk(Kozlovetal.2000). berg et al. 2002) by their smaller size and Cydiaorobana(Tr.).89,90. darkercoloration. Cydiaaureolana(Tengstr.).89,90,91,93,94,95, Euliaministrana(L.).91,95,99,100. 97,100. Trachysmiavulneratana(Zett.).93. Dichrorampha cinerascens (Danil.). 89, 90, 93, Aethesdeutschiana(Zett.).95,99,100. 95. Aethestriangulana(Tr.).92,95. Aethessmeathmanniana(F.).78,93,95. Sesiidae Cochylidiasubroseana(Hw.).93,94,95,100. *Synanthedonpolaris(Stgr.).91:1ex.,92:1ex. Cochylisdubitana(Hb.).93,95. A northern species widely distributed in Celyphacespitana(Hb.).91. neighbouringareaswestward(Kullbergetal. Olethreutesledianus(L.).91,96. 2002). Olethreutesobsoletanus(Zett.).90,94,95,100. Olethreutes lacunanus (Den. et Schiff.). 93, 94, Pterophoridae 95,100. Amblyptiliapunctidactyla(Hw.).95,100. Olethreutesbipunctanus(F.).90,91,93. Platyptiliacalodactyla(Den.etSchiff.).94. Olethreutesmetallicanus(Hb.).93,94,95. Platyptiliapallidactyla(Hw.).94. Olethreutesschulzianus(F.). 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, Leioptilusosteodactylus(Z.).93,95,100. 97,99,100. Olethreutesseptentrionana(Curt.).90. Pyralidae Hedyaatropunctana(Zett.).90,96,99,100. Polopeustis altensis (Wck.). 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, Apotomissauciana(Fröl.).91. 96,98,99,100. Apotomisdemissana(Kenn.).100. Crambusericellus(Hb.).93. Ancyliscomptana(Fröl.).93,95. *CrambusheringiellusH.-S.95:1ex.Thenear- Ancylis unguicella (L.). 78, 90, 91, 93, 95, 99, est records from the southern provinces of 100. FinnishLapland:LkocandLkor(Kullberget *Ancylis diminutana (Hw.) 100: 2 exx. The al.2002). northernmostrecordforthisspecies,butex- Crambuslathoniellus(Zinck.).78,89,90,91,93, pectedbecausethespeciesoccursinFinland 94,95. uptoObaprovince(Kullbergetal.2002). Crambusperlellus(Scop.).91. Ancylissubarcuana(Douglas).93,99. Gesneriacenturiella(Den.etSchiff.).95. Ancylisbadiana(Den.etSchiff.).95,97. Eudoniaalpina(Curt.).95,99. Ancylismyrtillana(Tr.).91,95,96,97,100. *Evergestisaenealis(Den.etSchiff.).90:2exx. Epinotiasubocellana(Don.).90,91,93,94,97. Oneofthenorthernmostrecordsforthisspe- Epinotiatetraquetrana(Hw.).93,94,95,96,97, cies;inFinland,reportedfromprovinceLkor 98,99,100. andtheninObaandsouthwards(Kullberget Epinotianemorivaga(Tengstr.).99. al.2002).Thespeciesseemstobeexpanding Eriopselaquadrana(Hb.).95,100. northwardsrecently. Eucosmaguentheri(Tengstr.).93. Pyraustaporphyralis(Den.etSchiff.).78,93,95. Eucosmaaspidiscana(Hb.).93,94,95,96. Loxostegecommixtalis(Walker).95. Pammeneclanculana(Tengstr.).99. Algedoniaterrealis(Tr.).91,93. Pammeneaurana(F.).89,90. Ananiafunebris(Ström).90,91,92,93,94,95, *Cydia nigricana (F.). 89: 1 ex. The northern- 96,100. most record: in Russia, previously known Opsibotys fuscalis (Den. et Schiff.). 89, 90, 93, from Petrozavodsk (Danilevskij & Kuznet- 94,95. sov 1968). In Finland, reported from Oba *Udeanebulalis(Hb.).94:1ex.Likelythefirst province and southwards (Kullberg et al. reliablerecordforRussia;sofar,onlydoubt- 2002). ful records fromSouthern Russia have been 128 Kozlov&Kullberg (cid:127) ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 available (Nuss et al. 2004). However, the Xanthorhoeferrugata(Cl.).93,94,95,100. specieshadlongbeenknowntooccurinRus- Xanthorhoemontanata(Den.etSchiff.).89,93, sia,althoughthefollowingoldrecordsfrom 94,95,97. theFMNHcollection(totalof25exx.)have Epirrhoealternata(Müll.).93,94,97,100. notbeenpreviouslypublished:St.Petersburg Colostygiaturbata(Hb.).94. region:Sosnovo(Rautu),Solnetshnoje(Olli- Hydriomena impluviata (Den. et Schiff.). 93, la), Gogland (Suursaari), Bol’shoi Tyuters 100. (Tytärsaari); Republic of Karelia: Lahden- Hydriomenaruberata(Freyer).95. pohja, Harlu, Impilahti, Kirjavalahti, Petro- Rheumapterahastata(L.).100. zavodsk, Tiudia (Tiuti) near Kondopoga Epirrita autumnata (Bkh.). 78, 91, 93, 97, 100 (Kontupohja), Kosmozero (Kuosmajärvi) (allrecordsbasedonlarvae). north of Petrozavodsk. In Finland, this spe- Perizomaaffinitatum(Stph.).89,91,93,94. cieshasbeenreportedfromtheprovinceKs Perizoma blandiatum (Den. et Schiff.). 78, 89, andsouthwards(Kullbergetal.2002). 90,94,96,100. Udeadecrepitalis(H.-S.).91,92,93,94,95,97, Eupitheciapygmaeata(Hb.).93,99. 100. Eupitheciasatyrata(Hb.).91,93,94,95,96,100. Eupitheciavulgata(Hw.).91,93,95. Zygaenidae EupitheciagelidataMöschl.93,94. Zygaenaexulans(Hochenw.).Onespecimenob- EupitheciavirgaureataDoubl.91,93,97,100. servedbyV.Zverevbetween95and96. Lomaspilismarginata(L.).95. Ematurgaatomaria(L.).90,92,93,95,96,97, Pieridae 98,99,100. Aporiacrataegi(L.).100(visualobservationby Caberaexanthemata(Scop.).91. S. Koponen); also collected in Kandalaksha Parietariavittaria(Thnbg.).92,100. (60) on 4.VII.2004 by L. Huldén (pers. comm.). Arctiidae Pierisnapi(L.).94,96,97,98. Diacrisiasannio(L.).90(common).Previously reportedfromtheKolaPeninsulaonthebasis Lycaenidae of two specimens collected between Umba Callophrysrubi(L.).91,95. andKandalaksha(Kozlov&Jalava1994). Lycaenaphlaeas(L.).89. Phragmatobiafuliginosa(L.).94. Vacciniinaoptilete(Knoch).89,90,91,92. Noctuidae Nymphalidae Polypogontentacularius(L.).91,92,93,94,95, Vanessacardui(L.).89,92,93,95. 98. Aglaisurticae(L.).89,90,93. Euclidiaglyphica(L.).94. Clossianafreija(Thnbg.).96. Syngraphahochenwarthi(Hochenw.).100. Clossianaeuphrosyne(L.).90,91,92,93,94,95, Acronictaauricoma(Den.etSchiff.).93. 96. Hypparectilinea(Esp.).100. Drepanidae Falcarialacertinaria(L.).93,100. 4.Discussion Drepanafalcataria(L.).95. Geometridae Contrarytoourexpectations,wedidnotcollect Jodisputata(L.).90,91,93,95,99. anyspeciescharacteristicoftheeasternpartofthe Cyclophoraalbipunctata(Hufn.).90,92,93. EuropeanNorth.Thefaunaoftheexploredhabi- Scopulaternata(Schrank).93,95. tatsresemblesthatofthemorewesternpartofthe Xanthorhoemunitata(Hb.).100. WhiteSeashorebetweenUmbaandVarsuga.All Xanthorhoespadicearia(Den.etSchiff.).93,94, speciesnewfortheKolaPeninsulaarecharacter- 95,100. istic of the boreal zone, except for Monochroa ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.17 (cid:127) LepidopteraofTerskijseashore 129 saltenella that merely belongs to the subarctic anearlierdraftofthemanuscript.Thetravelwaspartially meadows.Interestingly,someofthespeciesthat supportedbytheUniversitiesofJoensuuandTurku,Fin- land. haverecentlybeendiscoveredintheKolaPenin- sulamay beexpanding northward over thepast decades: they have been recorded in Northern References Finlandonlyrecently(Kullbergetal.2002). SummarizingourrecordsforthreeUTMgrid Aarvik,L.,Berggren,K.&Hansen,L.O.2000:Catalogus Lepidopterorum Norvegiae. — Lepidopterologisk cells (approx. 50 km×50 km) visited in the Arbeidsgruppe,Oslo.192p. courseofourexcursion,wefound43speciesin Danilevskij,A.S.&Kuznetsov,V.I.1968:Leaf-rollers– DP2(sites78,89,90),whichincreasedthetotal Tortricidae. Seedworms – Laspeyresiini. Fauna of numberofspeciesinthisgridcellfrom5to48; U.S.S.R.Lepidoptera.Vol.5,pt.1.—Nauka,Lenin- 119speciesinDP4(sites91–95)inadditiontothe grad.636p.[InRussian.] Gustafsson, B. 2004: Svenska fjärilar. — http://www2. threespeciesrecordedearlier,and65speciesin nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/svenska_fjarilar.html(Ac- EP2(sites96–100),fromwhichnoLepidoptera cessdate5May2004). have been reported earlier (Kozlov & Jalava Itämies,J.,Mutanen,M.&Mutanen,T.1996:Lampronia 1994). The low number of species recorded in standfussiella(Zeller,1839)(Lepidoptera:Prodoxidae), DP2 results from low collecting effort (we fo- Suomelleuusipikkuperhoslaji.—Baptria21:119–121. Kaitila,J.-P.1996:Suomenjäytäjäkoiden(Gelechiidae)elin- cusedonsamplingthemostdistantlocalities). tavat.—Baptria21:81–105. Although our data are not strong enough to Karsholt,O.2004:Gelechiidae.—In:Karsholt,O.&Nieu- makequantitativeassessmentsofthediversityof kerken, E. J. van (eds.), Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Lepidopterainthesurveyedsites,thegeneralim- Europaea version 1.1. Availalbe at http://www. pressionisthatthediversitydeclinesfromWest faunaeur.org Karsholt, O. & Rutten, T. 2005: The genus Bryotropha to East, with the lowest number of species (ad- HeinemanninthewesternPalaearctic(Lepidoptera:Ge- justedforsamplingeffort)recordedinPulonga: lechiidae). — Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77– some12person-hoursofcollectingbroughtonly 207. 58species,while1.5person-hoursinthemouth Kozlov,M.V.&Jalava,J.1994:LepidopteraofKolaPenin- of Rambach River resulted in sampling 41 spe- sula,northwesternRussia.—Entomol.Fennica5:65– 85. cies(Table1).Thisismostlikelyexplainedbyan Kozlov,M.V.,Jalava,J.&Shutova,E.2000:Newrecordsof overalldecreaseinhabitatdiversity,inparticular Lepidoptera from the Kola Peninsula, Northwestern bytheabsenceofconifersandotherplantsassoci- Russia.—Entomol.Fennica11:131–136. atedwithtaigaforests. Krogerus, H. 1943: Lepidopterologiska studier i södra The knowledge on the fauna of moths and Petsamo.—NotulaeEntomol.23:19–43. 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