Scythris orientella, SINEV, 2001

D’Entrèves, P. & Roggero, A., 2006, New And Little-Known Species Of Scythridid Moths Collected By Z. Kaszab In Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 49-75 : 66

S. orientella SINEV, 2001

Scythris orientella SINEV, Trudy zool. Inst. 291: 15.

Material. 1 m (Genital slide no. 4073 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Bulgan aimag, 20 km NW of somon Chanžargalant , 1350 m, 1968 Kaszab Expedition, 22.VII.1968; 1 m (Genital slide no. 4086 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Hövsgöl aimag, 4 km NW of the town of Mörön 1500 m, 1968 Kaszab Expedition, 18.VII.1968; 1 m (Genital slide no. 798 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Suhbaatar aimag, Moltsog Els, 2 km S of somon Ovoot , 1150 m, 1965 Kaszab Expedition, 6.VIII.1965; 1 m (Genital slide no. 811 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Choybalsan aimag, Chamardavaa Uul, 80 km SE of Halhyn gol river, near somon Halhyn gol , 600 m, 1965 Kaszab Expedition, 12.VIII.1965.

Distribution. S. orientella is known from eastern Russia and Mongolia, where it is widely distributed.

Remarks. The specimens were collected by KASZAB from the second half of July to mid-August in sandy areas (eastern Mongolia) and near coniferous woods (central-northern Mongolia). SINEV (2001 a) collected the species in the same period of the year in Russia and eastern Mongolia. S. orientella is related to the S. pascuella species-group ( BENGTSSON 1997 a), like many other species found in the area.