Entephria byssata (Aurivillius, 1891)

Spitsyn, V. M., Kondakov, A. V., Tomilova, A. A., Spitsyna, E. A. & Potapov, G. S., 2021, New records of moths (Lepidoptera) from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia, with a supplement of DNA barcoding data, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 178-181 : 179-180

Entephria byssata (Aurivillius, 1891)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia, Novaya Zemlya, Yuznhy Island, near the Bezymyannaya Bay, meadow-like association with Artemisia tilesii and Salix lanata , 72°50´42´´N, 53°44´21´´E, 19- 26.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 6 ex; tundra with Astragalus alpinus , 72°51´10´´N, 53°42´48´´E, 19–26.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 6 ex; tundra with Hedysarum arcticum , 72°52´24´´N, 53°38´48´´E, 19– 21.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 15 ex; tundra with Astragalus alpinus , 72°48´43´´N, 53°50´28´´E, 23.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 3 ex; tundra with Hedysarum arcticum , 72°52´41´´N, 53°37´49´´E, 23.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 7 ex; associations with Astragalus alpinus on the

Table 1. List of new COI sequences for moths obtained under this study. Таблица 1. Список новых последовательностей COI, полученных в ходе настоЯЩего исследованиЯ. canyon slope, 72°50´15´´N, 53°22´41´´E, 23.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 1 ex; tundra with Hedysarum arcticum , 72°48´36´´N, 53°50´24´´E, 23.XII.2017, Spitsyn leg. — 1 ex.

DNA BARCODING. We identified three haplotypes of this species on Novaya Zemlya, two of which are found in Scandinavia.

REMARK. Previously, this species (as Entephria punctipes ) was listed in the fauna of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago based on an incorrectly identified specimen of Psychophora sabini [ Sumakow, 1912], and it was subsequently excluded from the list of the Lepidoptera species of Novaya Zemlya [ Kullberg et al., 2018]. Entephria punctipes is considered as the Nearctic taxon at the present time [ Aarvik et al., 2017]. Here, we present the first record of Entephria byssata from Novaya Zemlya that was confirmed by morphological characters and DNA barcoding.

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Figs 1–4. Moth species from Novaya Zemlya: 1 — Udea cf. cacuminicola Munroe, 1966; 2 — Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860; 3 — Rheumaptera subhastata (Nolcken, 1870); 4 — Entephria byssata (Aurivillius, 1891). Scale bar = 10 mm. (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn). Рис. 1–4. ЧеШуекрылые архипелага НоваЯ ЗемлЯ: 1 — Udea cf. cacuminicola Munroe, 1966; 2 — Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860; 3 — Rheumaptera subhastata (Nolcken, 1870); 4 — Entephria byssata (Aurivillius, 1891). МасШтабнаЯ линейка = 10 мм. (Фото: В.М. Спицын).