The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Abstract

A list comprising 236 species in the family Gelechiidae from the southern Ural Mountains is presented. The material was collected during 1996–2007 on 21 different Finnish-Russian expeditions. The following new combinations are proposed: Caulastrocecis interstratella (Christoph, 1873) comb. n., Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907) comb. n., Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, 1867) comb. n., Megacraspedus lagopellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1860 comb. rev., Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926) comb. n., Scrobipalpa adaptata (Povolný, 2001) comb. n., Scrobipalpa dorsoflava (Povolný, 1996) comb. n., Scrobipalpa notata (Povolný, 2001) comb. n. and Scrobipalpa punctata (Povolný, 1996) comb. n. Neofriseria mongolinella Piskunov, 1987 stat. rev. is raised to the species rank (from subsp. of N. sceptrophora (Meyrick, 1926)). Previously unknown females of four species are described: Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926), Monochroa nomadella (Zeller, 1868), Ivanauskiella psamathias (Meyrick, 1891) and Filatima zagulajevi Anikin & Piskunov, 1996. Trichembola neurophanes (Meyrick, 1926) syn. n. is shown to be a synonym of Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, 1867). Three separate species complexes are briefly discussed: Stomopteryx mongolica Povolný, 1975, Stomopteryx remissella (Zeller, 1847) and Aristotelia subericinella (Duponchel, 1843); each of them seems to contain unresolved taxonomic problems. Three species are reported for the first time from Europe: Neofriseria mongolinella Piskunov, 1987, Stomopteryx mongolica Povolný, 1975, and Anarsia sibirica Park & Ponomarenko, 1996. The following species are newly recorded from Russia: Apatetris kinkerella (Snellen, 1876), Catatinagma trivittellum Rebel, 1903, Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907), Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926), Chrysoesthia falkovitshi Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989, Metzneria diffusella Englert, 1974, Ptocheuusa paupella (Zeller, 1847), Ptocheuusa abnormella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854), Monochroa parvulata Gozmány, 1957, Eulamprotes plumbella (Heinemann, 1870), Aroga aristotelis (Millière, 1876), Filatima transsilvanella Z. Kovács & S. Kovács, 2001, Scrobipalpa adaptata (Povolný, 2001), Scrobipalpa dorsoflava (Povolný, 1996), Scrobipalpa halonella (HerrichSchäffer, 1854), Scrobipalpa lutea Povolný, 1977, Scrobipalpa magnificella Povolný, 1967, Scrobipalpa notata (Povolný, 2001), Scrobipalpa plesiopicta (Povolný, 1969), Scrobipalpa pulchra (Povolný, 1967), Scrobipalpa punctata (Povolný, 1996), Scrobipalpula diffluella (Frey, 1870), Caryocolum amaurella (M. Hering, 1924), Caryocolum repentis Huemer & Luquet, 1992, Syncopacma incognitana Gozmány, 1957, Syncopacma azosterella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902), Brachmia procursella Rebel, 1903.

DNA barcoding as a screening tool for cryptic diversity: an example from Caryocolum, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)

“…All the specimens from north of the Alps that we have been able to cross-check are correctly attributed to Caryocolum amaurella . However, recent records from Ukraine ( Bidzilya and Budashkin 2009 ) and Russia (southern Ural Mountains) ( Junnilainen et al 2010 ) have to be re-examined due to a possible mix-up with Caryocolum crypticum . Records from Switzerland are dubious, and at least in one instance refer to the new species, whereas those from France ( Nel 2003 ) are confirmed (see Huemer and Karsholt 2010 , Fig.…”

A review of some new or little-known species of the genus Gnorimoschema (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Palaearctic region

“…Distribution. Russia (Arkhangelsk region, Saratov region, Volgograd region, Orenburg region, South of Krasnoyarskiy krai*) (Anikin and Piskunov 1995; Junnilainen et al 2010; Kozlov et al 2014); West Kazakhstan (Uralsk, Indersk Lake) (Huemer and Karsholt 2010).…”

“…Distribution. Russia: South Ural (Junnilainen et al 2010), Altai, South of Krasnoyarskiy krai, Zabaikalskiy krai, Amur Region (Povolný 2002; Ponomarenko 2008; Bidzilya 2009), Mongolia, China (Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Qinghai) (Li and Bidzilya 2017).…”

On the Distribution and Host-Plant of Aristotelia subericinella (Duponchel, 1843) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

“…The Gelechiidae family is represented by 283 species in Turkey. Of these, 13 species belong to the genus Aristotelia Hübner, Junnilainen et al, [5] stated that A. subericinella spread widely from Central and Southern Europe to the South Ural Region and, appears to be a species complex because of it is three different forms based on the material from the South Ural Region. In addition, it shows distribution in Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia and South Siberia eastwards to Mongolia.…”