Acrolepiopsis sapporensis (Matsumura, 1931)

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 : 272

Acrolepiopsis sapporensis (Matsumura, 1931)

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Material examined. RUSSIA: ALTAI REPUBLIC: Aktash village , 1400 m a.s.l., 50°19′12″N, 87°36′00″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 11.vii.2014, 3 JJ (gen. prep. Gaedike 8874), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Ulagan village (45 km N), Chulyshman valley , 600 m a.s.l., 51°01′03″N, 88°00′39″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 27.–28.vi.2015, 1 J (gen. prep. Gaedike 8945), 1 ♀ (gen. prep. Gaedike 8946), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Hitherto known from Russia and Japan. In Russia, it was so far only record- ed in Taymyr, Khakassia, the surroundings of Baykal lake (Hamar Daban Mts.), and from the Far East ( BUDASHKIN & SINEV 2008). It was introduced to Hawaii ( USA) ( ZIMMERMAN 1978, misidentified as Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller, 1839)) . New species for the Altai Republic.

Figures

Figs 1–9. Voucher specimens of species newly recorded in the Russian Altai. 1 – Scardia boletella (Fabricius, 1794) (Shebalino District, Cherga, J, 38 mm); 2 – Crassicornella crassicornella (Zeller, 1847) (Tashanta env., Ulandryk valley, J, 9 mm); 3 – Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823) (Aktash, J, 12 mm); 4 – Tinea hongorella Zagulajev, 1975 (Kurai env., Dshangyskol lake,J, 11 mm); 5 – Trichophaga ziniella Zagulajev, 1960 (Chulyshman valley, J, 21 mm); 6 – Monopis laevigella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Aktash, ♀, 20 mm); 7 – M. pallidella Zagulajev, 1955 (Chulyshman valley, J, 11 mm); 8 – Epermenia ochreomaculella asiatica Gaedike, 1979 (Tashanta env., Ulandryk valley, J, 14 mm); 9 – Acrolepiopsis sapporensis (Matsumura, 1931) (Chulyshman valley, J, 13 mm).