Lepidoptera of Terskij seashore of the Kola Peninsula, Northwestern Russia

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Arbeidsgruppe,Oslo.192p.
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Danilevskij,A.S.&Kuznetsov,V.I.1968:Leaf-rollers–
DP2(sites78,89,90),whichincreasedthetotal Tortricidae. Seedworms – Laspeyresiini. Fauna of
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EP2(sites96–100),fromwhichnoLepidoptera
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