Scrobipalpa acuminatella (Sircom, 1850)

Gelechia acuminatella Sircom 1850: lxxii.

Gelechia pulliginella Sircom, 1850: lxxii.

Gelechia cirsiella Stainton, 1851: 4 .

Lita porcella Heinemann, 1870: 253 .

Lita ingloriella Heinemann, 1870: 259 .

Gelechia gracilella Stainton, 1871: 97 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, Russia, Krasnojarskiy kraі, 53°08’N 92°53’E, 375 m, Tanzybei forest station, Betula / Populus /meadow, 2.vi.1995 (Jalava & Kullberg) (gen. slide 329/16, OB) (MZH) ; 2 ♂, Russia, Altai Mts, 50°14- 16’N 87°50-55’E, Kuraiskaja step, 1500–1700 m, 5.vii.2001 (Nupponen) (gen. slide 179/16, OB) (NUPP) ; 2 ♂, Russia, Altai Republic, Chagan-Uzun env., Krasnaya Gorka hill, 50°05´00´´N, 88°25´15´´E, rocky steppe, 1870 m, 1–3.vii.2019 (Šumpich) (Barcode NMPC-LEP-1102, NMPC-LEP-1068) (NMPC) ; 1 ♂, USSR, Irkutskaja obl., Sljudjanka 50 km E, river Hara-Murin, Betula bush ad. luc., 8–11.vii.1984 (Mikkola & Viitasaari) (gen. slide 245/16, OB) (MZH) .

Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AAC1644. The intraspecific average distance of the barcode region is 0.4% (n=154). The minimum distance to the nearest neighbour, an unidentified species of Scrobipalpa from Canada (BIN: BOLD:AAG9134), is 6.93 %.

Distribution. Europe; North Iran; Afghanistan; West Kazakhstan; Russia: European part, Novosibirsk region, Altai (new record), Kemerovo region, south of Krasnoyarskiy krai (new record), Irkutsk region; eastern China (Bidzilya 2009: 5; Bidzilya & Li 2010: 2; Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 62).