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.