Rhodostrophia serraginaria Kaila & Viidalepp, 1996

Figs 4, 17, 28, 39, 49

Rhodostrophia serraginaria Kaila & Viidalepp, 1996, in Kaila, Viidalepp, Mikkola & Mi, Acta zool. fenn., 200: 61, figs 10–11. Holotype ♁, USSR: Kazakhstan, Zailiyskiy Alatau, Alma-Atinskij Nat. p., 1650 m., 43°5'N 77°15'E.

Diagnosis. The species is very similar to R. vibicaria, it can be distinguished by the following characters: the ground colour is densely scattered with reddish brown or grey scales in R. serraginaria, but is homogenous in R. vibicaria; the shape of the forewing is narrower and more elongate than that in R. vibicaria; in the male genitalia, the distal lobe of the aedeagus is curved and slightly directed outward in R. serraginaria, but obviously directed outward and broader in R. vibicaria; the everted vesical is less rounded and smaller in R. serraginaria; in the female genitalia, the ductus bursae is bent in lthe ateral view and narrower in R. serraginaria while it is straight and broader in R. vibicaria; the corpus bursae is much smaller in R. serraginaria (Kaila & Viidalepp 1996) .

Material examined. CHINA: Xinjiang (IZCAS): 1♀, Zhaosu [Mongolküre], 2000 m, 21.VII.1978, coll. Han Yinheng; 1 6 2♀, Zhaosu, Alasan, 2400–2450 m, 22–24.VII.1978, coll. Zhang Xuezhong & Han Yinheng.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Tian-Shan Mts. (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan).