Eversgestis grummi ( Christoph, 1885 )

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 : 70

Eversgestis grummi ( Christoph, 1885) , new to the fauna of Kyrgyzstan

Evergestis grummi ( Christoph, 1885) , originally described from Turkmenistan (Nokhur) and found in South Turkmenistan, Iran, and Afghanistan ( Christoph, 1885; Alipanah et al., 2018), had not been previously recorded in Kyrgyzstan. However, during field studies of Lepidopterous insects in 2020, the second author captured an unequivocal photograph of this species in its natural habitat in the Turkestansky Mountain Ridge (fig. 11). The high quality of the photograph and the clear positioning of the moth allowed for definitive identification, leading us to officially record Evergestis grummi in Kyrgyzstan for the first time. This discovery expands the known distribution of the species to include Kyrgyzstan (fig. 13).

Material. Photograph , 04.07.2019, 23:44, Kyrgyzstan, Batken Province , Leilek District , 11 km SE of Katran vill., Turkestanskii Mt. Range , Leilek River basin, Buldzhuma Streem valley, 1790 m, 39°44'57"N, 70°05'52"E .

Biology. The moth that was attracted to the light was photographed at the site on the edge of a walnut ( Juglans regia ) grove, located on the floodplain terrace of the Buldzhuma stream ( Fig. 12 ). Herbage is represented by large herbs of Ligularia sp. , ragwort and cereals that were severely damaged by grazing. In the neighborhood in the stream valley there were also fragments of floodplain forest of Salix , Populus , Betula , Crataegus and Sorbus , accompanied by shrub vegetation of Berberis, Rosa and Colutea . The lower parts of the steep rocky slopes are covered with shrubs ( Spiraea, Rosa , Ephedra , etc.).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Observation place of Evergestis grummi.