Semioscopis Hubner 1825

Genus Semioscopis Hübner, [1825] Semioscopis Hübner, [1825], Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic!]: 402. Type species: Tortrix steinkellneriana [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775 (by subsequent designation by Westwood (1840: 111)). Distribution. Palaearctic: West and East Europe, Russia (European part, West and East Siberia, Far East), South Korea, Japan; Nearctic: Canada, USA. Host plants. Populus, Salix (Salicaceae), Betula, Carpinus (Betulaceae), Crataegus, Prunus, Sorbus (Rosaceae), Tilia (Malvaceae) (Hodges 1974; Robinson et al. 2023; Lepiforum e. V. 2024). Species included. The genus includes 13 species of the world fauna: seven Palearctic species and six Nearctic species; four species of them are distributed in East Asia (S. japonicella, S. strigulana, S. similis and S. fareastenica sp. nov.) and the last three species are reliably inhabited in Far East of Russia.