V. V. Dubatolov’s research while affiliated with Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences and other places

... С 2018 г. и до настоящего времени ежегодно отмечается в разных местах хр. Большой Хехцир (Dubatolov, 2021(Dubatolov, , 2023. Нами обнаружен южнее, в Бикинском районе Хабаровского края (6 ♂, 8 км ЮВ с. ...

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Range expansion of some Lepidoptera species in the Eastern Amur region

... Remarks. Flight period of G. flavolinearia on Kunashir Island extends from the second week of September to the end of October, considering the previous data (Rybalkin 2020; Beljaev, S. V. Vasilenko, V. V. Dubatolov, V. K. Zinchenko Beljaev et al. 2023). On Sakhalin Island, the species is observed during the first half of September (Beljaev, Titova 2023). ...

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First report on late autumn geometer moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Kunashir Island, Russia (Southern Kurils)

... We have sampled extensively throughout genomes but do lack exemplars of the canonical Lyela (2 species) and Triphysa (3 species) genera. However, given that both of these clades are well-differentiated from other members of Coenonympha s. l. (Dubatolov et al., 2023;Lukhtanov, 2024), it is expected that the inclusion of additional taxa from these lineages will not improve resolution along the backbone of the phylogeny. For now, the uncertain placement of the genus Lyela keeps us from firmly concluding about the root of Coenonympha s. l. ...

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Whole genome data confirm pervasive gene discordance in the evolutionary history of Coenonympha (Nymphalidae) butterflies

... The family Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 is the sole member of the superfamily Lasiocampoidea (Minet 1994;Regier et al. 2009;Zwick et al. 2011;Hamilton et al. 2019) containing 224 genera and 1952 species (van Nieukerken et al. 2011). Five subfamilies are distinguished (Zolotuhin 2015): 1. the Afrotropical Chionopsychinae Aurivillius, 1927 with one genus Chionopsyche Aurivillius, 1909 containing three species (Zolotuhin 2010), arguably one of the archaic groups resembling the members of the family Eupterotidae (Lemaire & Minet 1998;Zwick 2008); 2. the Mediterranean and South African Chondrosteginae Tutt, 1902 with four genera, two of which have brachypterous females, and about 20 species inhabiting mainly arid biotopes (Rougeot & Viette 1978;de Freina & Witt 1987;Zolotuhin 2007;de Freina et al. 2015;Rajaei et al. 2023); 3. the cosmopolitan Poecilocampinae Tutt, 1902 that contains two tribes: the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Poecilocampini Tutt, 1902 with seven genera and about 30 species, and the Neotropical Macromphaliini Franclemont, 1973 with 15 genera and about 584 species (Becker & Heppner 1996); 4. the Holarctic Malacosominae Tutt, 1902 with so far one genus Malacosoma Hübner, 1820 and about 20 species (Stehr & Cook 1968;Zolotuhin 2015); and 5. the Cosmopolitan Lasiocampinae Harris, 1841-the most diverse group containing nine tribes: 1) Lachneini Grote, 1888; 2) Lasiocampini Harris, 1841; 3) Macrothylaciini Tutt, 1902;4) Selenepherini Tutt, 1902;5) Trabaliini Tutt, 1902; 6) Pinarini Kirby, 1892; 7) Gastropachini Stroem, 1891; 8) Odonestini Tutt, 1902;and 9) Argudini Zolotuhin, 2012b -the last discovery in the suprageneric system of the family. Zolotuhin et al. (2012a,b) established and briefly described Argudini for one African and 11 Indomalayan genera based on the nucleotide sequences of the gene elongation factor-1 alpha (1168 bp) belonging to 49 species. ...

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Hypotrabala lyovushkini sp. n. – an overlooked gem (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Selenepherini)

... The Macroheterocera fauna of the middle reaches of Amur River was studied well in 19-20th century. Up to the beginning of the 21st century, many papers on moths have been published: from Graeser [1888Graeser [ -1892 and Staudinger [1892] to modern paper by Dubatolov [2009Dubatolov [ -2022, Dubatolov, Dolgikh [2007 and Dubatolov et al. [2012Dubatolov et al. [ -2014, with a common species assemblage having been more or less revealed. Since 2005, there has been an ongoing survey and monitoring of the Lepidoptera species occurring in and around the Bolshoi Khekhtsyr Nature Reserve that has resulted in a series of publications cited above. ...

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Lepidopteran invasions in the Amur River basin in Khabarovskii Krai of Russia during 2005–2023

... DISTRIBUTION. Russia: southern part of Khabarovskii krai (Dubatolov & Syachina, 2007), Primorskii krai (Kuznetzov, 2001), Sakhalin (Dubatolov & Titova, 2022), also China and Japan: Hokkaido (Jinbo, 2013). DISTRIBUTION. ...

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Autumn moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Kunashir Island

... Probe design was carried out by taking a LNA probe according to Sharma et al. (2023) and You et al. (2006). The NA probes have been developed to increase sensitivity and specificity of annealing in cases where probe-based discrimination was provided by a single SNP (You et al. 2006); a triplet or four LNA nucleotides surrounding a single base mismatch site tend to maximise probe specificity (Stewart et al. 2019(Stewart et al. , 2023. ...

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Molecular Identification of Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Using a qPCR Assay With Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) Probe

... Relatively complete information is available for most "Macrolepidoptera" (Schintlmeister 2008;Yakovlev et al. 2015;Zolotuhin 2015;Didmanidze 2016;Zolotuhin and Evdoshenko 2019;Zolotuhin and Nedoshivina 2021;Snegovaya and Petrov 2021) and for several "Microlepidoptera" (Anikin and Shchurov 2001). The fauna of most Lepidoptera families is studied very fragmentary, though in the recent years some significant faunal results have been obtained for southern Ossetia (Streltzov et al 2022a(Streltzov et al , b, 2024Nedoshivina et al. 2023;Sinev et al. 2023) and the Republic of Dagestan (Ilyina et al. 2012;Poltavsky and Ilyina 2016;Dubatolov et al. 2021;Ustjuzhanin et al. 2022;Yakovlev et al. 2022;Tsvetkov 2023). ...

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New data on the Lepidoptera of Azerbaijan (Southern Transcaucasia). Superfamily Pyraloidea Latreille

... Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Material: 2 11, 1 0, 7-VIII-2020, Shivki. Distribution: Russia: southern part of the Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai; Japan; Korea; China (KONONENKO, 2010).Remarks: Previously in the Khabarovsk Krai this species was provided with three specimens from the Bolshekhekhtsirsky and Botchinsky Nature Reserves(DUBATOLOV & DOLGIKH, 2009, 2010DUBATOLOV, 2015b).Catocala nivea Butler, 1877Material: 1 1,8-VIII-2013, Durmin; 4 11, 4 00, 26-28-VIII-2017, 2 11, 4-6-VIII-2020, 3 11, 18-20-IX-2020 Distribution: Russia: southern part of the Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai; Japan; Korea; China (including Taiwan); North India (Sikkim); Nepal (KONONENKO, 2010). Remarks: Previously in the Khabarovsk Krai this rare species was provided with single specimens from the vicinities of Khabarovsk and Bikin (DUBATOLOV & DOLGIKH, 2009). ...

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New and interesting records of Lepidoptera from the southern Amur Region, Russia (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

... The second author, V. Dubatolov, searched moths in different landscapes of the island in 2012, and 2016using light traps DUBATOLOV (2012. The most interesting records of macromoths were published in different articles concerning Macroheterocera of the Great Khekhtsyr Nature Reserve: DUBATOLOV et al. (2013DUBATOLOV et al. ( , 2014; VASILENKO et al. (2014). Most surprising was discovering the species that prefer South Siberian steppes and xerophytous meadows, like Eogystia sibirica (Alpheráky, 1895) (Cossidae), Mythimna albiradiosa (Eversmann, 1852) (Noctuidae), and some micros, like Elethyia taishanensis (Caradja, 1937) (Crambidae); these findings were first for the Khabarovsk Province. ...

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Pterophoridae de la Gran Isla Bolshoy Ussuriysky (suburbios de Khabarovsk), Rusia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoroidea)