Evergestis sorhageni ( Sauber, 1899 )

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 sorhageni ( Sauber, 1899) , new to Alai

Evergestis sorhageni ( Sauber, 1899) was previously known in Kyrgyzstan only from the North and Inner Tian-Shan regions, specifically the Sarydzhaz, Terskey Ala-Too, and Moldo-Too mountain ranges ( Sinev & Korb, 2022). This species is widely distributed across the Central Palearctic mountains, from the Altai ( Huemer et al., 2017) and Uighur Ili ( Kemal & Koçak, 2018) to the North and Inner Tian-Shan. In the summer of 2022, it was also recorded in the Alai region, extending its known range westward by approximately 400 km (fig. 13).

Material. 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 23– 24.07.2022, Kyrgyzstan, Alai Mts. , Kyzyl-Eshme valley, 39°37'13.98'' N, 72°17'10.77'' E, 2960 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( CSK) .

Biology. Moths were collected at light in the dry high-mountainous low-grass meadow at the altitude of 2960 m. The meadow was located near a small stream on clay soils.