Gelechia sororculella ( Huebner , [1817])

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Huemer, Peter, Landry, Jean-Francois & Sumpich, Jan, 2021, Gelechia omelkoi sp. nov. - a new species from the Russian Altai Mountains related to the Nearctic Gelechia mandella Busck, 1904 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with a synopsis of Gelechia from the Altai Republic of Russia, ZooKeys 1063, pp. 105-120 : 105

Gelechia sororculella ( Huebner, [1817])

Figs 10 , 19

Records.

Bidzilya et al. 2002: 207. Misidentification of G. omelkoi sp. nov.

Material examined.

Russia • 1 ♂ ; Altai Republic, Shebalino distr., Cherga env.; 17 Jul 1995; P. Ustjuzhanin leg.; ZMKU • 1 ♂ , Russia, Altai, Kosh-Agatch distr., 15 km from Beltir. vil. up on Tchagan river ; steppe; 2200 m; 13 Aug 2000; O. Bidzilya leg.; [genitalia slide number] 287/20, O. Bidzilya; ZMKU • 1 ♂ ; Altai, Kosh-Agatch env., Tchuja river bank; on trunk of Salix sp.; 17 Aug 2000; O. Bidzilya leg.; ZMKU .

Kyrgyzstan • 1 ♂; 5 km S of At-Bashi, Narynskaya oblast ; 15 Aug 1981; S. Sinev leg.; ZIN .

Remarks.

The previous record of this species from Ukok plateau in Altai ( Bidzilya et al. 2002: 207) refers to G. omelkoi sp. nov.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region from Spain to Russian Far East ( Huemer and Karsholt 1999; Ponomarenko 2019); Kyrgyzstan (new record).

Gelechia omelkoi sp. nov.

Material examined. (see above).

Distribution. Russia (Altai Mts).

Figures

Figures 6 - 11. Gelechia spp., male genitalia. 6, 7 G. omelkoi sp. nov., paratypes 6 genitalia slide 286 / 20, O. Bidzilya 7 genitalia slide 62 / 03, O. Bidzilya 8, 9 G. mandella 8 Alberta, genitalia slide MIC 8484 9 Yukon, genitalia slide MIC 8486 10 G. sororculella, genitalia slide 287 / 20, O. Bidzilya 11 G. jakovlevi, lectotype, genitalia slide 309 / 20, O. Bidzilya.

Figures 15 - 22. Gelechia spp., adults. 15, 16 G. omelkoi sp. nov., paratypes, males. 15 Dzhazator. 16 Karagem. 17, 18 G. jakovlevi. 17 Male, Karagem. 18 Female, Iodro 19 G. sororculella, male, Cherga 20 G. muscosella, male, Aktash 21 G. hippophaella, female, Karagem 22 G. sirotina, male, Karagem.