Monopis luteocostalis Gaedike, 2006

Gaedike, Reinhard & Šumpich, Jan, 2017, Tinea altaica sp. nov. and new records of some small moths from the Russian Altai (Lepidoptera: Meessiidae, Tineidae, Douglasiidae, Epermeniidae, Glyphipterigidae: Acrolepiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1), pp. 259-273 : 267

Monopis luteocostalis Gaedike, 2006

( Figs 22–24 )

Material examined. RUSSIA: ALTAI REPUBLIC: Aktash village , 1400 m a.s.l., 50°19′12″N, 87°36′00″E, 11.vii.2014, 7 JJ (gen. prep. Gaedike 8871), 2 ♀♀ (gen. prep. Šumpich 16045), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC, SDEI) ; the same locality but 21.vi.2015, 3 JJ, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Usť- Kan , 1100 m a.s.l., 50°36′05″N, 84°51′17″E, grassy steppe, meadows, 12.vii.2014, 1 J, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Kosh-Agach District, Kurai env. (15 km SW), Dzhangyskol lake , 1830 m a.s.l., coniferous forest / steppe, 50°10′49″N, 87°44′19″E, 24.–25.vi.2015, 4 JJ, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Ulagan village (45 km N), Chulyshman valley , 51°01′03″N, 88°00′39″E, 600 m a.s.l., grassy steppe, rocks, 27.–28.vi.2015, 1 J 2 ♀♀, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Hitherto known only from the Russian Siberia, namely the Altai Republic, Tuva Republic, and environs of Irkutsk ( GAEDIKE 2006, BARYSHNIKOVA 2008).

Description of the female ( Figs 20–21 ). Externally, females resemble the males and cannot be distinguished from them.

Female genitalia ( Figs 22–24 ). Sternite VIII shield-like sclerotized, central area covered with minute strong sclerotized thorns, posterior margin with sparsely setose bulge on each side, lateral edges of anterior margin drawn into long thin processes; ostium lip laterally strongly sclerotized, adjacent posterior part of ductus bursae widened in comparison to ostium lip; ductus granulated with minute thorns, corpus bursae with band of numerous thin long pointed signa.

Figures

Figs 20–24.Monopis luteocostalis Gaedike, 2006.20–21 – habitus:20 –Aktash,J, 17 mm; 21 – Chulyshman valley, ♀, 14 mm; 22–24 – female genitalia: 22 – general view; 23 – detail of ostium; 24 – detail of signa.