New species of moths (Lepidoptera, Macroheterocera) in the fauna of Amur Oblast, Russian Far East

Thirteen Lepidoptera species are reported for the first time for the fauna of Amur Oblast, Russian Far East: Mirina christophi (Staudinger, 1887) (Endromidae), Paracolax fentoni (Butler, 1879), Pangrapta costaemacula Staudinger, 1888, P. suaveola Staudinger, 1888, Araeopteron amoena Inoue, 1958 (Erebidae), Sinocharis korbae Püngeler, 1912, Nacna malachitis (Oberthür, 1880), Sarbanissa venusta (Leech, 1889), Plusilla rosalia Staudinger, 1892, Xylopolia bellula Kononenko & L. Ronkay, 1995, Orthosia satoi Sugi, 1960, O. ariuna Hreblay, 1991, and Xestia efflorescens (Butler, 1879) (Noctuidae). Sphecodina caudata (Bremer & Grey, 1852) (Sphingidae) was found in the vicinity of Blagoveshchensk to the northwest of previously known localities, which indicates a continued expansion of the species to the north. All of these species (except O. ariuna) belong to the East Asian subboreal faunistic range. Their presence in Amur Oblast is at the extreme northwestern borders of their ranges. It is the second find of the Transbaikal-Mongolian forest-steppe species O. ariuna in the Far East.