Tsaraphycis mimeticella ( Staudinger, 1879 )

Yepishin, Viktor, Khalaim, Yevhenii, Demyanenko, Serhii, Govorun, Oleksandr, Novytskyi, Sergiy & Tsykal, Serhii, 2025, New records of little known pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from different regions of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5696 (1), pp. 1-27 : 7

Tsaraphycis mimeticella ( Staudinger, 1879)

( Figs 8a–d )

Material examined: Luhansk reg., Starobilsk distr., between Novobila vill. & Trembacheve vill. , 11.VI.2021, 1♂ S. Tsykal leg. (ST) .

Distribution in Ukraine: Crimea: Budashkin 1992: 25 ( Adelosemia incredibilis [misident.]), 2004: 344 ( Megasis ), 2006: 275 ( Megasis ). First record from continental Ukraine.

Remarks. In Ukraine, known to this day from Crimea, this species was collected in a single male specimen ( Figs 8a–b ) in the steppes of Luhansk region within the Bilenka River gully, characterized by limestone outcrops. The male antennae are characterized by the absence of a sinus and the presence of a row of setae from the anterior edge, whose height is half the thickness of the flagellum ( Figs 8c–d ).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Male of Tsaraphycis mimeticella: 8a. Dorsal view, wingspan 29.5 mm. 8b. Ventral view. 8c. Head, lateral view. 8d. Antenna, middle part.