New taxa and records of <i>Gnorimoschema</i> Busck and <i>Gobipalpa</i> Povolný from Palaearctic Asia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)¹

Abstract

New taxa: Gnorimoschema jalavai sp. n. from the Altai Mountains, G. mikkolai sp. n. from the Upper Kolyma River, and G. epithymellum kirgisicum ssp. n. from Kirgisia. The previously unknown female of Gobipalpa inexpectata Povolný, 1973 is described. New distributional records: Gobipalpa inexpectata and Gnorimoschema epithymellum (Staudinger, 1857) from Kirgisia, Gnorimoschema antiquum montanum Povolny, 1966, from Kazakhstan, Gnorimoschema nordlandicolellum (Strand, 1902), from Kirgisia and Irkutsk, and Gnorimoschema herbichi kamchaticum Povolný, 1977 from the Anadyr valley in the Chukchi area in Northeastern Siberia (northernmost record of Gnorimoschemini).

New species and new records of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from China

“…The female genitalia are very similar to those of S.parki (Povolný, 1993) (see Povolný 2002, Pl. 75, fig.…”

“…31). We found two females from the same locality that match well externally with the male (gen. slide L07026) figured in above cited paper and differ from the female of S.caryocoloides (see Povolný 2002: pl. 76, fig.…”

“…The male genitalia are characterized by the deep and broad posteromedial emargination of the vinculum in combination with the strongly curved vincular process. Scrobipalpakaszabi Povolný, 1969 is somewhat similar in this respect (see Povolný 2002, Pl. 69, fig.…”

“…The male genitalia resemble those of S.peteri Bidzilya, 2009, but the uncus is broader, the valva is longer and the sacculus is shorter and narrower. The female genitalia resemble those of S.lutea Povolný, 1977, S.pseudolutea Piskunov, 1990 and S.candicans (Povolný, 1996) (see Povolný 2002, Pl. 76, figs 799, 800, 803), but can be recognized by the presence of teeth on the basal plate of the signum.…”

“…The genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 is considered as the genus with most species in the tribe Gnorimoschemini, and one of the most diverse genera in the family Gelechiidae. Approximately 250 species are known in the Palaearctic Region (Povolný 2002; Bidzilya and Li 2010), 104 of which are found in Europe (Huemer and Karsholt 2010). Ten species, including four introduced from Europe, have been recorded from North America (Lee et al 2009).…”