Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888

Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U. & Bolbotov, Gleb A., 2024, First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan, Ecologica Montenegrina 77, pp. 124-131 : 129-130

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14654617
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scientific name	Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888
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Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888 View in CoL

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Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888 , Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 49 (1–3): 36 (Type locality: [ China, Xinjiang] “Kuldja- District ”).

Material examined. KAZAKHSTAN: series of both sexes, 24.VII.2022, Zhetysu Region, Panfilov Distr., Ili River valley, 507m, 43°58'00.2''N 79°37'26.7''E, Populus / Haloxylon / Tamarix thickets, Volynkin A. V. & Titov S. V. leg. ( CAV).

Distribution. The species is currently found only in the Ili River Valley and the foothills of the surrounding mountains (Southeast Kazakhstan and north-western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China) ( Fig. 12 View Figure 12 ).

Bionomics. The species inhabits sandy and clay deserts with dominance of Haloxylon , Tamarix L. and Nitraria , and patches of trees of Populus sect. Turanga Bunge ( Fig. 15 View Figure 15 ). The moths are on wing in late May–June and late July ( Gyulai & Ronkay 2002), and the species possibly has two generations a year. The preimaginal stages and food plants are unknown.