Megacraspedus podolicus ( Toll, 1942 )

Šumpich, Jan, 2022, Megacraspedus (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) of the Altai Mountains with description of a new species belonging to the M. majorella group, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (2), pp. 401-409 : 408-409

Megacraspedus podolicus ( Toll, 1942)

( Figs 13–14 )

Chilopselaphus podolicus Toll, 1942 . Type locality: western Ukraine.

Records. HUEMER & KARSHOLT (2018):Aktash; PONOMARENKO (2019) (checklist); HUEMER & TOKÁR (2021): Altai Mts.

Material examined. RUSSIA: ALTAI REPUBLIC: Aktash vill., 50°19′12″N; 87°36′00″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 1400 m, 11.vii.2014, 1 ♂ (Barcode TLMF Lep 19983 ) (gen. prep. GU16/1459 P. Huemer), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC); 45 km N of Ulagan vill., Chulyshman valley, 51°01′03″N; 88°00′39″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 600 m, 26.–27.vi.2019, 2 ♂♂, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC); the same locality but 4.–5.vii.2019, 3 ♂♂ (gen. prep. Šumpich 21379), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC).

Molecular data. BIN BOLD:ADB8683 (n = 5; 1 public, 1 from Altai). The average intraspecific divergence of the barcode region is 0.33% (maximum 0.88%). The distance to the nearest neighbour, a specimen from Croatia, in BOLD currently identified as M. balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907) ( BIN: AEC 7522, n = 1), is 2.24% (p-dist). The distance to the second nearest neighbour, M. balneariellus ( BIN: ADR2637, n = 2), is 6.3% (p-dist).

Distribution. Austria, Hungary, Romania, Russia (S Ural, Altai Mts), Ukraine ( HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018).

Remark. The first report from the Altai Mountains ( HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018) was based on the above presented record from Aktash in 2014.

Figures

Figs 8–14. Adults of Megacraspedus taxa recorded in Altai Mts. (Russia). 8–9 – M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839): 8 – Aktash (barcoded); 9 – surroundings of Dzhangyskol lake (barcoded). 10–12 – M. leuca (Filipjev, 1929): 10–11 – Karagem valley; 12 – Kurai. 13–14 – M. podolicus (Toll, 1942): 13 – Chulyshman valley; 14 – Aktash.