Evergestis frumentalis ( Linnaeus, 1761 )

Korb, Stanislav K., Gorbunov, Pavel Yu. & Melyakh, Sergey F., 2024, New data on the systematics and distribution of snout moths of the genus Evergestis Hübner, [1825] in Kyrgyzstan (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Zootaxa 5477 (1), pp. 66-72 : 71

Evergestis frumentalis ( Linnaeus, 1761) , new to West Tian-Shan

Evergestis frumentalis ( Linnaeus, 1761) is a widely distributed West Palearctic species, with a range extending “from the Iberian Peninsula to Sweden and southern Finland, and eastwards through central and southern Europe to European Russia. Outside Europe, it is found in Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Altai, Central Asia, and Southern Siberia” (Goater et al., 2005: 76). The species’ distribution in Central Asia had remained unclear until the recent publication on the snout moths of Kyrgyzstan ( Sinev & Korb, 2022). According to this study, its distribution includes the North Tian-Shan (Kirghizsky Mts.), Inner Tian-Shan (mountain ranges Suusamyrtoo, Dzhumgal-Too, and Moldo-Too), and Northern Alai. In the Central Asian mountains, this species is localized. During our trip in April 2023, we found it in the Fergansky and Chatkalsky mountain ranges (West Tian-Shan) (fig. 13).

Material. 2 ♂, 17– 18.04.2023 Kyrgyzstan, Chatkalsky Mts. , 13 km N of Tash-Komyr, 41°28'6.32"N, 72°12'54.65"E, 787 m, leg. S.K. Korb, P.Y. Gorbunov, S.F. Melyakh ( CSM) ; 4 ♂, 21– 22.04.2023 Kyrgyzstan, Fergansky Mts. , 15 km NE Kazarman, Naryn river, left bank, 41°30'46.55"N, 73°55'36.91"E, 1223 m, leg. S.K. Korb, P.Y. Gorbunov, S.F. Melyakh ( CSM, CSK) .

Biology. Moths collected in low elevations, from 733 to 1223 m, in dry steppe places with Artemisia sp. and different Poaceae .