Pyralis cardinalis Kaila, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen & Wikström, 2020

Yepishin, Viktor, Khalaim, Yevhenii, Budashkin, Yuriy, Zhakov, Oleksandr, Mushynskyi, Vadym & Novytskyi, Sergiy, 2021, New records of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from different regions of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5023 (3), pp. 366-388 : 367

Pyralis cardinalis Kaila, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen & Wikström in Wikström, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen & Kaila, 2020

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Material examined: 1♀, Zhytomyr reg., Zhytomyr distr., Nekrashi , (gub. Kiev), 9.VII.1909 (I. Zhicharev), genitalia slide: V. Yepishin prep. no. 503.21 ♀. 1♀, Zhytomyr reg., Zhytomyr distr., Rudnia-Horodyshche , at light, 19.VII.2020 (O. Bidzilya), genitalia in glycerol vial: V. Yepishin prep. no. 505.21 ♀. 1♂, Kyiv reg., [Kyiv city], Svjatoshino (ad Kiev), 15.VII.?? (P. Trussevitsh), genitalia slide: O. Bidzilya prep. no. 303 / 20♂. 1♀, Kyiv reg., Fastiv distr., Motovilovka , (ad Kiev), 2. VI.?? (P. Trussevitsh), genitalia in glycerol vial: V. Yepishin prep. no. 504.21 ♀, (all ZMKU) . 1♂, Kyiv reg., [Kyiv city], Bilychi, Lubka tract, at light, 25.VII.1974 (Korovin), genitalia slide: V. Yepishin prep. no. 522.21 ♂, (VYe). 1♀, Sumy reg., Shostka distr., vic. of Banychi , 31.VIII.2018 (M. Zaika), genitalia slide: V. Yepishin prep. no. 523.21 ♀, (VYe). 1♀, Transcarpathian reg., Uzhhorod distr., Uzhok pass, 22.07.2015 ( V. Mushynskyi) (VM) .

Distribution: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia; Russia: European part, S Siberia, Far East; China, S Korea, Japan, ( Wikström et al. 2020); first records for Ukraine: Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Transcarpathian regions.

Remark. Pyralis cardinalis can be confused with Pyralis regalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) which is distributed all over Ukraine, but P. cardinalis is well characterized by antemedial line of forewing, which is medially widened outwardly, and hindwing with distinct purple shade. For detailed differences, see Wikström et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. Adults of Pyralis cardinalis. 1. ♂, Kyiv region, prep. no. 303/20. 2. ♀, Kyiv region, prep. no. 503.21.

FIGURES 3–5. Genitalia of Pyralis cardinalis. 3a, 4a. Male genitalia, aedeagus separated. 3b, 4b. Aedeagus, vesica everted. 5. Female genitalia. 3a–b. ♂, Kyiv region, prep. no. 303/20 (courtesy photographed by Oleksiy Bidzilya). 4a–b. ♂, Kyiv region, prep. no. 522.21. 5. ♀, Kyiv region, prep. no. 503.21.