taxonID	type	description	language	source
3522878E212AFFA432CBFB702C9CB14D.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 4, 8, 9) Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay, 2002, Esperiana, 9, 423 (Type locality: “ Mongolia, Ömnögovi aimak, 2 klm W Gurvantös, 1650 m, 43 ° 24 ' 86 '' N [sic?], 101 ° 34 ' 38 '' E ”).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212AFFA432CBFB702C9CB14D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. KAZAKHSTAN: 5 males, 3 – 4. V. 2024, Alakol Depression, SE shore of Alakol Lake, 392 m, 45 ° 45 ' 14.0 '' N 82 ° 09 ' 05.0 '' E, V. V. Rudoi, A. U. Gabdullina & G. A. Bolbotov leg. (CAV). MONGOLIA: 7 males, 16 – 17. V. 2015, Khovd Aimag, Dzhungarian Gobi, Bodonchijn-Gol river valley, 36 km SW of Altai somon, 1280 m, 45 ° 46 ' N 92 ° 12 ' E, Doroshkin V. leg. (CAV).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212AFFA432CBFB702C9CB14D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi (Figs 1 – 4) can be superficially distinguished from S. indigesta (Figs 5, 6) by its somewhat more elongate forewing with paler ground colour and more distinct pattern, and the larger claviform stigma. Describing S. sheljuzhkoi, Gyulai & Ronkay (2002) stated that although the male genitalia of S. indigesta and S. sheljuzhkoi are very similar (Figs 8 – 10), there are two reliable diagnostic characters, namely the shape of the juxta and the shape and the length of the ampulla. Based on a few dissections of the material available performed by the senior author of the present paper, two specimens of S. sheljuzhkoi from Kazakhstan and Southwest Mongolia dissected display no recognisable differences in their ampulla lengths in comparison to S. indigesta. However, the juxta structure was found to be diagnostic in the S. sheljuzhkoi-S. indigesta species pair, and the former species has a gradually tapering dorsal section of the juxta while that of S. indigesta is narrower and has almost parallel lateral margins. Another difference between the two species found during preparation of the present paper but not mentioned by Gyulai & Ronkay (2002) is the phallus shape, which is markedly longer, straighter and distally broader in S. sheljuzhkoi. The differences in the female genitalia of S. sheljuzhkoi and S. indigesta are discussed in detail by Gyulai & Ronkay (2002).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212AFFA432CBFB702C9CB14D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The range of S. sheljuzhkoi stretches from the northern Gobi Desert in the east through the Dzhungarian Basin to the eastern limits of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin in the west, and to date found in southern and south-western Mongolia (Ömnögovi, Bayankhongor, Govi Altay and southern Khovd Provinces (Aimags )) (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002), and East Kazakhstan (shores of Alakol Lake in East Kazakhstan Region) (current study, new record for the country) (Fig. 12). Bionomics. In Kazakhstan, the species was found on the shore of the bitter salt Alakol Lake, which is occupied by the salt-marsh (‘ solonchak’) associations dominated by Nitraria L. The gently sloping elevated part of the lower level shore terrace is overgrown by Halimodendron Fisch. ex DC. and Caragana Fabr. thickets with patches of Achnatherum P. Beauv., Salsola L., Anabasis L. and other halophytes on saline variegated clays. In Mongolia, S. sheljuzhkoi is found mostly in flat, sandy desert areas dominated by Haloxylon Bunge as well as Haloxylon-Caragana shrubby deserts with salt-marsh and gypsum fragments (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002) (Figs 13, 14). The moths are on wing in May – early June and in late July (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002), and the species possibly has two generations a year. The preimaginal stages and food plants are unknown.	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212EFFA732CBF9422DE6B182.taxon	description	(Figs 5, 6, 10) Scotocampa indigesta Staudinger, 1888, Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 49 (1 – 3): 36 (Type locality: [China, Xinjiang] “ Kuldja- District ”).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212EFFA732CBF9422DE6B182.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. KAZAKHSTAN: series of both sexes, 24. VII. 2022, Zhetysu Region, Panfilov Distr., Ili River valley, 507 m, 43 ° 58 ' 00.2 '' N 79 ° 37 ' 26.7 '' E, Populus / Haloxylon / Tamarix thickets, Volynkin A. V. & Titov S. V. leg. (CAV).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212EFFA732CBF9422DE6B182.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is currently found only in the Ili River Valley and the foothills of the surrounding mountains (Southeast Kazakhstan and north-western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China) (Fig. 12). Bionomics. The species inhabits sandy and clay deserts with dominance of Haloxylon, Tamarix L. and Nitraria, and patches of trees of Populus sect. Turanga Bunge (Fig. 15). The moths are on wing in late May – June and late July (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002), and the species possibly has two generations a year. The preimaginal stages and food plants are unknown.	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212DFFA632CBFADB2FD1B3E5.taxon	description	(Figs 7, 11)	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212DFFA632CBFADB2FD1B3E5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) (Figs 7, 11): female, [China, Xinjiang] “ Ost- Turkestan | (Aksu) | Rückbeil 1903 ” (top side) “ crassipuncta Püng. ♀ | Type, abgeb. Iris 1906 | 4.05 v. R. Tancré ” (reverse) / pink label “ Type | crassipuncta Püng. | ♀ ” / “ 3836 ♀ | gen. prep. No. | det. L. Ronkay ” / “ Scotocampa | crassipuncta | Püngeler | Holotype | det. L. Ronkay / 91 ” (MfN). Note. The species is currently known only from the female holotype. The drawing of the female genitalia of the holotype was illustrated by Ronkay & Varga (1993) and (Gyulai & Ronkay 2002). The photo of the genital preparation is published herein for the first time (Fig. 11).	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
3522878E212DFFA632CBFADB2FD1B3E5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is currently known only from its type locality in the northern limits of the Tarim Basin in western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China (Püngeler 1905) (Fig. 12). Acknowledgements The senior and the second authors are sincerely grateful to Nikolay Postnikov (Almaty, Kazakhstan) for his kind help in organising the expedition to the Ili River Valley and his enthusiastic companionship. The senior author thanks Wolfram Mey (MfN, Berlin, Germany) for his kind assistance during the work at MfN collection. The study of Sergey Titov was funded by Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Program No. BR 21882199, “ Inventory of wild animals of arid territories of the Balkhash-Alakol basin with an assessment of threats to their conservation and sustainable use. ”). Anton Volynkin, Valentin Rudoi, Aliya Gabdullina and Gleb Bolbotov, while performing this work, received no specific grant from any funding agencies.	en	Volynkin, Anton V., Rudoi, Sergey V. Titov Valentin V., Gabdullina, Aliya U., Bolbotov, Gleb A. (2024): First record of Scotocampa sheljuzhkoi Gyulai & L. Ronkay (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 124-131, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.13, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.13
