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13 March 2023 Polia nebulosa and Hyboma adaucta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Collected from Nests of the Siberian Flying Squirrel Pteromys volans orii (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae)
Sakura Kojima, Natsuki Hirakizawa, Hayato Kikuchi, Kohei Koyama, Tatsuo Oshida, Takeo Yamauchi
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Abstract

Polia nebulosa and Hyboma adaucta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were collected from nest boxes of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans orii (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first record of moths collected from nests of flying squirrels (tribe Pteromyini). These two species probably used the nests of P. volans orii as overwintering sites since all the moths found were in an overwintering state when collected, both moth species do not feed on detritus, and the temperature in the nests is assumed to be higher than that of the outside.

Sakura Kojima, Natsuki Hirakizawa, Hayato Kikuchi, Kohei Koyama, Tatsuo Oshida, and Takeo Yamauchi "Polia nebulosa and Hyboma adaucta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Collected from Nests of the Siberian Flying Squirrel Pteromys volans orii (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae)," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 77(1), 59-63, (13 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.77i1.a4
Received: 17 July 2022; Accepted: 16 November 2022; Published: 13 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
immature stage
mammal nest
moth
overwintering
Pteromyini
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