Negotinthia efetovi O. Gorbunov, 2019

Gorbunov, Oleg G. & Efetov, Konstantin A., 2024, To the distribution of the genus Negotinthia O. Gorbunov, 2001 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in the Crimea, Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 146-157 : 152-157

Negotinthia efetovi O. Gorbunov, 2019 ( Figs 1 , 4, 5 , 10–13 , 14 )

1 ♂, Crimea, Simferopol’, Bitak, 04.IV.1989, K. Efetov leg.; ex larva from roots of Potentilla sp. ( Rosaceae ); moth emerged 06.VI.1989 (COGM); 1 ♂ (paratype), Crimea, vic. Belogorsk, Sary- Kaya, 45°06.03′N, 034°33.06′E, 230–245 m, 30.VI.2012, K. Efetov leg. (CKES); 1 ♂ (paratype), same locality, 16.VI.2013, K. Efetov leg. (CKES); 1 ♂ (paratype), same locality, 19.VI.2013, K. Efetov leg. (CKES); 1 ♂ (paratype), same locality, 12.VI.2014, K. Efetov leg. (CKES); 1 ♀ (paratype), same locality, 15.VI.2015, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 001-002–2015 (COGM); 2 ♂♂ (paratypes), same locality, 21.VI.2015, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0181- 0182–2015 COGM); 13 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ (paratypes), same locality, 23.VI.2015, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0035-0062–2015 (COGM); 1 ♀ (paratype), same locality, 07.VII.2015, K. Efetov leg. (CKES); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (paratypes), Russia, Crimea, 5 km W of Belogorsk, 45°03.95′N, 034°30.06′E, 315 m, 02.VII.2017, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0189-0192– 2017, 0195-0198–2017 (COGM); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (paratypes), same locality, 19.VI.2018, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0475-0484–2018; (COGM); 1 ♂ (holotype), 1 ♀ (paratype), same locality, 16.V.2018, ex larva from roots of Potentilla pedata ( Rosaceae ), moths emerged 02 and 10.VI.2018; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0177-0178–2018, 0485-0486–2018 (COGM); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ (paratypes), same locality, 20.VI.2019, O. Gorbunov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0283-0290–2019; (COGM); 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same locality, 09.VI.2020, leg. K. Efetov & M. Efetov leg. (CKES); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Tarkhankut, 6 km W Krasnaya Polyana, 45˚28.99′N, 032˚51.38′E, 115 m, 20.VI.2020, leg. K. Efetov & M. Efetov (CKES); 7 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., Skvortsovo, 45˚05.548′N, 033˚46.685′E, 45 m, 13.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0337-0382–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Saki Distr., 4.6 km NE Novoozyornoye, 45˚24.867′N, 033˚09.620′E, 9 m, 13.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0417-0418–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’, Bitak, 44˚56.729′N, 034˚08.784′E, 322 m, 14.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0403-0404–2021 (COGM); 3 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., vic. Gvardeyskoye, Storozhevoye, 45˚10.565′N, 033˚55.363′E, 121 m, 15.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0393-0396–2021 (COGM); 1 ♀, Russia, Crimea, Krasnogvardeiskiy Distr., Klepinino, 45˚31.807′N, 034˚11.548′E, 45 m, 15.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg. (COGM); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Russia, Crimea, Kirovskiy Distr., 3 km NW Zolotoye Pole, 45˚09.283′N, 034˚58.701′E, 107 m, 16.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0387-0390–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., vic. Chisten’koye, Tash- Dzhargan, 44˚51.584′N, 034˚04.943′E, 538 m, 19.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0399-0400–2021 (COGM); 1 ♀, Russia, Crimea, vic. Belogorsk, Sary Kaya, 45˚06.007′N, 034˚33.024′E, 243 m, 20.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg. (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., Novozbur’yevka, 44˚55.489′N, 033˚57.113′E, 238 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0285-0286–2021 (COGM); 4 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., Vodnoye, 44˚56.627′N, 033˚51.744′E, 163 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0287-0292–2021, 0421-0422–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Saki Distr., 3.5 km SSE Ivanovka, 45˚02.480′N, 033˚40.406′E, 42 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0293-0294–2021 (COGM); 2 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Saki Distr., 2.5 km SW Novoozyornoye, 45˚21.930′N, 033˚06.054′E, 13 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0295-0299–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Russia, Crimea, Chernomorskiy Distr., Donuzlavskiy bridge, 45˚27.427′N, 033˚11.340′E, 27 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0423-0424–2021 (COGM); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Russia, Crimea, Razdolnenskiy Distr., 8 km S Beryozovka, 45˚30.051′N, 033˚20.912′E, 22 m, 21.V1.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0299-0304–2021, 0425-0426–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’, Bitak, 44˚56.729′N, 034˚08.784′E, 322 m, 22.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0317-0318–2021 (COGM); 3 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Krasnogvardeiskiy Distr., 5 km SW Amurskoye, 45˚14.093′N, 034˚06.397′E, 97 m, 23.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0281-0284–2021, 0427-0428–2021 (COGM); 1 ♂, Russia, Crimea, Krasnogvardeiskiy Distr., Pyatikhatka, 45˚19.604′N, 034˚16.729′E, 60 m, 23.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0333-0334–2021 (COGM); 3 ♂♂, Russia, Crimea, Sevastopol’, Orlovka, 44˚39.369′N, 033˚32.733′E, 29 m., 24.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0347-0352–2021 (COGM); 1 ♀, Crimea, Simferopol’skiy Distr., Chatyr- Dag Mt., 44°49.994′N; 034°17.957′E, 476 m, 01.VII.2022, leg. K. Efetov (CKES).

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Mikhail S. Efetov (Moscow, Russia), Pavel V. Ruchko (Kerch’, Russia) and Alexey N. Zamesov (Moscow, Russia) for assistance in collecting material on clearwing moths. We are also grateful to Aleksandr L. Lvovsky, Aleksey Yu. Matov and Sergey Yu. Sinev (St. Petersburg, Russia) for the opportunity to work with the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Many thanks to Dr. Andrey V. Yena (Simferopol, Russia) for his help in determining the host plants of the Crimean Sesiidae . We are also indebted to Dr. Anatoly V. Krupitsky (Moscow, Russia) for carefully checking the English of an advanced draft .

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Figures

Figure 1. Males of Negotinthia efetovi O. Gorbunov, 2019 attracted to artificial sex pheromone. Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’ Distr., Vodnoye, 44˚56.627′N, 033˚51.744′E, 163 m, 21.V1.2021.

Figure 14. Distribution of Negotinthia spp. in the Crimea. Black dots – N. cingulata; blue dots – N. efetovi; blue star – type locality of N. efetovi.

Figures 2–5. Negotinthia spp. 2–3. N. cingulata: 2. Male. Russia, Crimea, vic. Alushta, Verkhnyaya Kutuzovka, 45˚43.621′N, 034˚22.992′E, 240 m, 13.VI.2017; 3. Female. Russia, Crimea, vic. Sudak, Meganom Mt., 44˚48.38′N, 035˚03.43′E, 260 m, 19.VI.2015; 4–5. N. efetovi: 4. Russia, Crimea, Simferopol’, Bitak, 44˚56.729′N, 034˚08.784′E, 322 m, 22.VI.2021; 5. Russia, Crimea, vic. Belogorsk, Sary Kaya, 45˚06.03′N, 034˚33.06′E, 245 m, 23.VI.2015.

Figures 6–13. Negotinthia spp. 6–9. N. cingulata: 6–7. Male. Russia, Crimea, Sevastopol’, Frontovoye, 45˚40.242′N, 033˚43.487′E, 115 m., 24.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0323-0324– 2021 (COGM); 8–9. Female. Crimea, Feodosiya, Podgornoye, Uzun-Syrt Mt., 45˚00.188′N, 035˚15.608′E, 127 m, 21.V.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; ex larva from roots of Potentilla pedata (Rosaceae); moth emerged 09.VI.2021; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0215-0216–2021 (COGM); 10–13. N. efetovi. 10–11. Male. Russia, Crimea, Krasnogvardeiskiy Distr., 5 km SW Amurskoye, 45˚14.093′N, 034˚06.397′E, 97 m, 23.VI.2021, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.; Sesiidae pictures №№ 0427-0428–2021 (COGM); 12–13. Female, paratype. Russia, Crimea, 5 km W of Belogorsk, 45˚03.95′N, 034˚30.06′E, 315 m, 02.VII.2017, O. Gorbunov & K. Efetov leg.;Sesiidae pictures №№ 0193- 0194–2017 (COGM). Dorsal view (6, 8, 10, 12) and ventral view (7, 9, 11, 13). Scale bar 10.0 mm.