Hypsotropa unipunctella Ragonot, 1888

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2023, New data on the fauna of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Dagestan (Russia), Zootaxa 5254 (3), pp. 340-356 : 348

Hypsotropa unipunctella Ragonot, 1888

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♁, Tarumovka , 16.vi.2022 ; 8 ♁, Astrakhan Province, SE environs of vill. Kapustin Yar, near river Podstepka , 22.vi.2017; 1 ♀ , Astrakhan Province, vill. Dosang , 20.vi.2016 .

Remarks. One of the habitats of H. unipunctella (saline land near the village Tarumovka) is illustrated on Fig. 1 . The record of this species in Astrakhan Province is the first-time record for Lower Volga.

Distribution. Italy, Eastern Europe ( Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine), Russia (Crimea, Lower Volga, Dagestan, South Urals, the south of East Siberia and the Far East), China ( Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Bidzilya et al. 2020; Pinzari & Pinzari 2020; Sinev et al. 2022).

Saluria maculivittella Ragonot, 1887 *

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♁, Tarumovka , 16.vi.2022 ; Kazakhstan: 1 ♁, Mangistau Province , 9 km SW vill. Sai Otes, canyon, 5.vi.2017 ; 1 ♁, Mangistau Province , Mangistau ridge, S of spring Akmysh, 16.vi.2017; 1 ♀ , Mangistau Province , 10 km NE vill. Taushchik, 14.vi.2017; 1 ♀ , Kyzylorda Province , 13 km NW of Shieli, 20.vi.2019; 1 ♀ , Turkestan Province , 33 km NE vill. Sozak, sands, 25.vi.2019 .

Remarks. In Dagestan, S. maculivittella inhabits saline semi-deserts of the plain ( Fig. 1 ). The species is common in deserts and semi-deserts of Kazakhstan.

Distribution. Europe ( Spain, France, Sardinia), North Africa, Middle East, Russia (Dagestan), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan ( Kuznetzov 1960; Leraut 2014; Korb & Sinev 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.