Myelois multiforella Ragonot, 1893

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2023, New data on the fauna of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Dagestan (Russia), Zootaxa 5254 (3), pp. 340-356 : 345

Myelois multiforella Ragonot, 1893

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♁, 2 ♀, Sirtych, 11.vi.2022 .

Remarks. Near the village Sirtych, the population inhabits dry steppe ( Fig. 4 ).

Distribution. Italy (Sicily), Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, South Urals, Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan), Kazakhstan, Mongolia ( Roesler 1988; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Trofimova 2019; Kemal & Koçak 2020).

Susia uberalis (Swinhoe, 1884) *

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♀, Tarumovka , 16.vi.2022 ; Kazakhstan: 2 ♁, 5 ♀, Mangistau Province , 43 km SE of vill. Shetpe, sands, 4.v.2019 ; 1 ♀, Turkestan Province , 33 km NE vill. Sozak, sands, 26.vi.2019 .

Distribution. Canary Islands, North Africa, Middle East, Eastern Ciscaucasia, Kazakhstan ( Roesler 1993; Falck et al. 2019).

Myrlaea mimicralis ( Amsel, 1950) *

Material examined. Russia: 12 ♁, 3 ♀, Muni, 2–4.vi.2022 ; 1 ♁, Datuna , 8.vi.2022 .

Remarks. The species occurs locally in arid mountain habitats of Intramountain Dagestan.

Distribution. Turkey, Iran (Fars, Elburz Mts.), Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan) ( Slamka 2019; Göz̧açik et al. 2022).

Slamkania sordida (Staudinger, 1879) *

Material examined. Russia: 5 ♁, 3 ♀, Muni, 2–4.vi.2022 .

Remarks. The collected imagines are peculiar for grey forewings with almost entire reduction of pattern. The population near the village Muni inhabits arid stony mountain valley ( Fig. 3 ).

Distribution. Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan), Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Afghanistan ( Slamka 2019).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Natural habitats of pyraloid moths in Dagestan. 1. Tarumovka, June 15, 2022. 2. Talgi, May 12, 2022. 3. Muni, June 2, 2022. 4. Sirtych, June 11, 2022.