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Xyrosaris insularis Ponomarenko et Beljaev sp. n. Type material. Holotype: ♁, Russia, Primorskii Krai, 1 km SW of Vladivostok, Russkii Isl., Rogozin cape, 42°59'13" N 131°44'47" E, 18.07.2022, reared from Celastrus orbiculatus, gen. slide 181 MP (leg. E. Beljaev). Paratypes: Russia: 1 ♀, same locality, date, collector and host plant, gen. slide 182 MP; 33 ♁, 40 ♀, same locality and host plant, 22.08– 09.09.2022, gen. slide 190 (♁) MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko and E. Beljaev), voucher Nos / DNA Nos – 777 (♀), 22.08.2022; 778 (♁), 23.08.2022; 781 (♁) 25.08.2022; 782 (♁), 783 (♁), 784 (♁), 785 (♁), 785 (♁), 29.08.2022; 788 (♁), 31.08.2022; 29 ♁, 17 ♀, Khasanskii distr., 59 km SW Slavyanka, Furugelm Isl., 42°27′55″ N 130°55′10″ E, 20– 22.09.2012, gen. slide 186 (♁) YuZ, 187, 189, 191 (♁♁), 188, 192, 193 (♀♀) MP (leg. M. Ponomarenko). Diagnosis. A new species is similar to X. lichneuta Meyrick, 1918, X. dryopa Meyrick, 1907 and X. obtorta Meyrick, 1924 by the labial palpi with third segment bearing a dense brush-like tuft concealing its apex, and by some elements of forewing pattern, specifically by oblique dark stripe on the dorsal half before the middle and light small costal spot at 4/5 of forewing. A new species can be easily distinguished in the male genitalia by a relatively large valval harpa bearing strong thorns on the triangular distal part and in the female genitalia by sterigma covered with strong setae externally and having sclerotized lobes on the anterior margin. In the related species X. lichneuta and X. dryopa valval harpa is slender, slightly dilated distally and without thorns, and sterigma lacks strong setae on the external surface; furthermore, it is without lobes on the anterior margin. Adult (Figs 1–10). Forewing length 6.0– 7.6 mm. Head covered with raised elongated scales, with light-grey apices (Fig. 3). Palpi also covered with elongated scales, concolorous to those on the head; the first segment is short and arched, the second and third segments are flattened dorso-ventrally, the second segment dilated at distal 2/3, third segment slightly shorter than second one and hidden in long, loose bundle (Figs 4, 5). Eyes large, diameter 3/4 of head length along the longitudinal body axis. Antenna filiform, with alternating light grey and dark grey rings, 4/5 wing length. Forewing elongated, rather narrow, with raised tufts of scales light at apices. Coloration and pattern of the wing are very variable (Figs 1, 7–10). Ground colour uniformly dark or light reddish-brown, slightly darker in distal third, some specimens with light-grey ground colour along basal half of dorsal margin. The pattern of wing, if distinct, is formed by a dark-brown transverse polyline, as a mirror image of the Greek symbol sigma (Σ), before the middle, brown wide longitudinal band on the basal third of the wing, dark-brown costal margin at basal third, concolorous two spots (costal one on sub-apex and another on tornus) and a light small mark in a small concavity at 4/5 of costal margin; distal third with two greyish or reddish-brown longitudinal bands under the median axis and along the dorsal margin. In many specimens, only some of the described elements are visible. Fringe motley, three stripes of dark brown scales alternating with light ones border the wing apex. Hindwing brownish-grey, with apex curved backward and basal lobe about 1/3 of wing length, surrounded by elongated light scales along the costal margin and Sc+R 1 , forming shiny plate when opening wings (Fig. 2); fringe grey. Forewing with Sc to costa at about 2/5 of wing length; R 1 –R 4 to costa, each separate at the base, R 4 and R s separate basally; R 5 , M 1 –M 3 , CuA 1 and CuA 2 to dorsal margin, each separate basally; CuP present at distal part only, 1A and 2A merged. Hindwing with Sc + R 1 to costa at about 1/3 of wing length, Rs to costa at about 6/7 of wing length, M 1 and M 2 close at base, M 3 and CuA 1 merged (after Moriuti, 1977), M 3 + CuA 1 and CuA 2 remote basally, CuP to 2/5 of dorsal margin (Fig. 6). Second abdominal sternite with a relatively deep rounded incision between long well-developed apodemes, distinct longer venulae, and sclerotized arch between them (Fig. 17). Male genitalia (Figs 13–16). Uncus more or less triangular; socius arched, narrowed distally, with a thorn at the apex. Tuba analis wide and membranous, with ventral linear sclerotization. Tegumen arcuate, with longitudinal sclerotized comb-like muscular apodeme at anterior 1/4. Gnathos large bucket-shaped, curved at the middle, its basal part consisting of two narrow band-like arms and its distal part finely spiny and with a median gutter-shaped cavity, enclosing the aedeagus; ventral sclerotized ridge roundly convex or sinuous and with lateral projections between basal and distal parts of gnathos (Figs 15, 16). Valva with almost parallel dorsal and ventral edges, slightly notched before dorsal protruding corner; dorso-basal process narrow and long, at about 1/5 of total valval length; harpa slightly longer than valval length, with inflation at the middle and 4–7 strong thorns along the convex edge of expanded distal part. Vinculum triangular ventrally and narrow laterally, with saccus more or less bulbous distally. Aedeagus slender, longer than valva, tube-like, with sclerotized sides at distal third and ring-like basal scape, cornuti composed of minute spines in distal fourth. Female genitalia (Figs 18–20). Ovipositor relatively moderate, intersegmental membrane between 9 th and 8th abdominal segments almost 2 times shorter than the length of papillae anales. The latter sclerotized laterally. Sclerotized plate between the base of papillae anales is distinct, triangular, and almost 1/3 of the papilla analis length. 8 th tergite is deeply notched on the posterior edge. Apophysis anterioris branched in the posterior part, its dorsal arm merged with the lateral edge of 8 th tergite and its ventral branch joined with strongly sclerotized and ventrally convex 8 th sternite forming sterigma; the anterior not branched part is three times shorter than apophysis posterioris. Sterigma densely covered with short strong setae on external surface; posterior edge with rounded lobes bearing long setae; anterior edge with a rounded cut at the middle and ear-like lobes laterally. These lobes joined with the posterior margin of the 7 th sternite, the latter with a relatively deep cut and sclerotized laterally (Figs 19, 21). Ostium round, placed behind inflated middle part of sterigma. Antrum sclerotized, cylindrical, ductus bursae membranous, long and narrow, three times longer than corpus bursae, slightly dilated towards corpus bursae. Corpus bursae is more or less pear-shaped with signum at about the middle of the lateral side; signum with triangular thorns on a transversal gutter-like part and with one anterior lobe-like and two posterior triangular sclerotizations. Both ductus and corpus bursae with microtrichia on the inner side. Distribution. Russia (south of the Far East). Bionomics. Numerous larvae of different ages were collected on Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. (Celastraceae), growing in a narrow strip of the sea coast along rocks and rocky slopes on 12.08.2022.The larvae were predominantly light green in colour with a light grey head and prothoracic shield. The head of larvae is wider than thorax, with distinct epicranial suture dividing it into two slightly inflated halves. They fed on leaves folded in the form of a cradle with silk threads (Fig. 11). In the laboratory, larvae began to pupate from 14.08.2022 onwards. Pupation took place in a loose silken cocoon (Fig. 12). The duration of pupal development in the laboratory was 7–10 days. Imago emerged from 22.08 to 09.09.2022. Considering the capture of the first 2 specimens of this species in the middle of July and the rearing of specimens in late August –early September, it can be stated that X. insularis has 2 generations in the south of Primorskii Krai. Etymology. The name of the species, insularis, is derived from the Latin insula, meaning island, and corresponds to the insular habitat of the species. Remarks. Since the genetic distance between sequences of the new species and specimen from South Korea 0%, they might be conspecific, however other independent character set as detailed genitalia morphology needs to be examined. In case the specimens from Russia, Primorskii Krai, presented in this study, and the specimens captured in South Korea are conspecific, then the distributional range of X. insularis includes the territory of this country. To confirm this further investigation is required., Published as part of Ponomarenko, Margarita G. & Beljaev, Evgeny A., 2023, Description of a new species of the genus Xyrosaris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from the Far East of Russia with notes on congeneric species, pp. 135-143 in Zootaxa 5306 (1) on pages 137-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/8054418, {"references":["Meyrick, E. (1918) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (6). Taylor and Francis, London, 188 pp.","Meyrick, E. (1907) Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 32 (1), 47 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19565","Meyrick, E. (1924) Microlepidoptera of Rodrigues. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1923 (3 - 4), 544 - 557.","Moriuti, S. (1977) Fauna Japonica, Yponomeutidae s. lat. (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Keigaku publishing Co., Tokyo, 327 pp."]}

PONOMARENKO, MARGARITA G., BELJAEV, EVGENY A. (2023): Description of a new species of the genus Xyrosaris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from the Far East of Russia with notes on congeneric species. Zootaxa 5315 (6): 600-600, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.8

Tawaya armeniaca Ponomarenko, M. Omelko et N. Omelko sp. n. Type material. Holotype: ♂, Borneo, E Malaysia, state of Sabah, 24 km N Tawau, 18.08.2019 (leg. M. Omelko). Paratypes: 5♂, 5♀, same locality, 17.08– 05.09.2019 (leg. M. Omelko); GS 154 (♂), 158 (♀) MP. Diagnosis. The new species is easily distinguished by characters of the male genitalia: the tegumen has a knob on the posterior margin; the processes of the juxta are dilated into wide trapezoidal plates, distally bearing strong thorns on the outer margin; and the aedeagus has ribbon-like sclerotization expanded into an oval plate apically on the left side. The female genitalia are distinguished by the sternal part of the 8 th segment represented by triangular plates and the antrum cup-shaped. In contrast, in the closely species T. luteola and T. rutila, tegumen lacks a knob on the posterior margin; the juxta processes narrow distally or are slightly dilated before their apices and lack thorns; the aedeagus lacks a distal expansion; and the female has a transverse band-like sclerotization on the 8 th segment and the antrum is narrow with sclerotized sides. Adult (Figs 6, 7). Head pale sandy. Antennal scape pale sandy in proximal part and distally, in distal part with blackish or brownish band; flagellum with pale sandy or whitish segments alternating with segments having a black upper surface, distal part with 1–3 alternating pale sandy or whitish and 1–3 black segments. Labial palpus with basal segment brownish; second segment brown and white-ringed distally; third segment white, black-ringed near base, beyond middle and with black apex. Forewing length 2.5–2.8 mm. Forewing ground colour yellowish-red; proximal part with two indistinct brownish strokes; at middle a black spot in whitish border and with indistinct brownish strigula under it; apical part with two black spots—costal and subdorsal, both in whitish border and with brownish indistinct strigula posteriorly; a row of black dots along costal margin and termen in apical part. Fringe yellowish-red along costa and termen in apical part of wing, dark-grey along dorsal margin. Hindwing and fringe dark-grey in male, dark sandy in female. Legs pale sandy or sandy, with darkening on fore- and mid-tibiae and tarsi of all legs. Forelegs tibia with white spot in middle and white-ringed distally; mid-leg tibia with raised elongate scales on outer surface in proximal part and pale sandy rings in middle part and distally; proximal part of hind tibia with a brush of pale sandy hair-like scales on lateral and medial sides. Male genitalia (Figs 19‒21). Tegumen sub-rhomboidal, with sclerotized lateral margins, oval anteriorly, with triangularly pointed lobe on posterior edge. Cucullus digitate, evenly narrowing at middle, slightly inflated basally, with dense crest of flattened chaetae along rounded apex, with large quadrangular basal process. Aedeagus long, exceeding total length of genitalia, tubular, with almost parallel sides in proximal 0.5; left side of distal part with ribbon-like sclerotization expanded into an oval plate apically. Ejaculatory duct entering along longitudinal axis. Vinculum, juxta, and probably sacculi fused into a single ventral sclerite surrounding aedeagus latero-ventrally; distal processes of juxta dilated into wide trapezoidal plates, each bearing three short strong thorns distally. Saccus relatively narrow and long, its width 0.2 times that of base. Female genitalia (Fig. 26). Ovipositor short, membrane between 8 th and 9 th segments ca/ 0.5 length of papillae anales, with large, membranous sack (of uncertain function) arising from near posterior margin of 8 th tergite. Papillae anales sclerotized, moderate in length, 0.75 length of apophyses posteriores. Apophyses anteriores and apophyses posteriores of equal length. 8 th segment splitted ventrally, with narrow membranous insertion between sternal trapezoidal sclerites. Ostium at level of anterior margin of 8 th segment. Antrum cup-shaped. Ductus bursae tube-like, membranous. Bursae copulatrix membranous, ovaoid, slightly shorter than ductus bursae, signum absent; ductus seminalis arising in posterior part of bursae. Tergite of 7 th segment with lateral triangular pockets containing strong subulate chaetae (Fig. 27). Distribution. Malaysia (Sabah). Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin " armeniaca, "the species name of the apricot tree, which has orange-yellow fruits; the name refers to the bright reddish-yellow colour of the forewings., Published as part of Ponomarenko, Margarita G., Omelko, Michail M. & Omelko, Natalia V., 2021, New genus of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Borneo, and its four new species, pp. 465-480 in Zootaxa 5004 (3) on pages 474-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5120792

Tawaya rutila M. Omelko, Ponomarenko et N. Omelko sp. n. Type material. Holotype: ♂, Borneo, E Malaysia, state of Sabah, 24 km N Tawau, 21.08.2019 (leg. M. Omelko). Paratypes: 1♂, 2♀, same locality, 18.08– 03.09.2019 (leg. M. Omelko); GS 155 (♂), 159 (♀) MP. Diagnosis. The new species can be easily separated by the rhomboidal shape of the tegumen, the presence of medial triangular lobes in the distal part of the juxtal processes, and the aedeagus with an arched sclerotization beyond the middle in the male genitalia; and by the 8 th segment with a transverse band-like sclerite ventrally, the narrow antrum with lateral sclerotized sides, and the culliculum with a twisted sclerotization in the female genitalia. In contrast, in T. luteola there are no lobes in the distal part of the processes of the juxta in the male genitalia; and a colliculum and transverse band-like sclerite ventrally in the 8 th segment are lacking, and the antrum has a different shape in the female genitalia. Adult (Figs 3, 4). Head pale sandy, yellowish-brown, or dark grey. Antennal scape whitish with black band at middle; flagellum with alternating white and black segments in proximal part, and with alternating one white and two black segments in distal part. Basal segment of labial palpus brownish or blackish; second segment brownish or blackish, white-ringed distally; third segment white, with two black rings at base and before apical third. Forewing length 2.2–2.7 mm. Forewing yellowish-brown, with two blackish indistinct spots in proximal part, distal part with two black spots at middle and in apical part near dorsal margin, both spots bordered by whitish scales and each with black strigula dorsad; apical part with a row of black dots along costal part and termen. Fringe yellowish-brown along wing apex and termen, dark grey along dorsal margin. Hindwing and fringe dark grey. Legs pale sandy or sandy laterally, with blackish or fuscous tibiae and tarsi. Foreleg tibia with oblique white stripe at middle and white-ringed distally. Mid-leg tibia with raised elongated scales dorsally in proximal part and collars of elongated scales in middle and distally. Hind leg tibia with brush of hair-like pale sandy scales on dorsal and ventral margins in proximal part. Male genitalia (Figs 13‒15). Tegumen rhomboidal, with sclerotized longitudinal ridge at middle of anterior part, lateral angles strongly sclerotized at junction with parategminal sclerites and basal processes of valvae. Cucullus slightly narrowed at 0.66 distally, and weakly inflated towards base, with dense crest of flattened chaetae along rounded apex, with large quadrangular basal process. Aedeagus longer than total length of genitalia, narrow, tubelike basally, with strong arched sclerotization beyond middle, curved to right at 0.66 distally, distal 0.33 with left side sclerotization. Ejaculatory duct entering along longitudinal axis. Vinculum, juxta, and probably sacculi fused into single ventral sclerite surrounding aedeagus latero-ventrally; distal processes of juxta pointed apically and with triangular lobes limiting mobility of aedeagus dorsally. Saccus triangular, its length slightly exceeding its width at base. Female genitalia (Fig. 24). Ovipositor short, membrane between 8 th and 9 th segments 0.5 length of papillae anales, with large membranous sack (of uncertain function) arising from near posterior margin of 8 th tergite. Papillae anales sclerotized, moderate in length, slightly shorter than apophyses posteriores. Apophyses posteriores almost of same length as apophyses anteriores. 8 th segment with transverse band-like sclerite ventrally. Ostium at level of middle part of 8 th segment. Antrum narrow, with sclerotized lateral sides. Ductus bursae membranous posteriorly, in anterior part with semi-sclerotized colliculum spirally left twisted and enclosing S-shaped, ribbon-like sclerotization. Bursae copulatrix membranous and elongated, as long as ductus bursae, signum absent; ductus seminalis arising from posterior part of bursae. Tergite of 7 th segment with anteriorly diverging pockets containing strong subulate chaetae (Fig. 25). Distribution. Malaysia (Sabah). Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin " rutilus " meaning reddish-yellow, which refers to the colour and brightness of the forewings., Published as part of Ponomarenko, Margarita G., Omelko, Michail M. & Omelko, Natalia V., 2021, New genus of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Borneo, and its four new species, pp. 465-480 in Zootaxa 5004 (3) on pages 472-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5120792

Phyllonorycter similis Kumata, 1982 (Figs 4L, 8C) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.17E, 224 m alt., Quercus dentata, 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK593, MK 403702, deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 42.1 / [8Psim-2016-male] (Fig. 4L, 8C), deposited in SIF; same location, Q. mongolica, 23.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK592, MK 403692, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is similar to other Phyllonorycter species, on the lower side of the leaf. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Quercus: Q. acutissima, Q. cerris, Q. crispula, Q. dentate, Q. mongolica, Q. serrata (Fagaceae) (Kumata 1982; De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK (Baryshnikova & Dubatolov 2007; Baryshnikova 2016); Japan, Korea (Kumata 1982)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1982) A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 26, 1 - 186.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2007) To knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Nature Reserve \" Bolshekhekhtsirskii \" (Khabarovsk District). 2 nd report. Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae. Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal world of the Far East], 6, 47 - 50. [in Russian]"]}

Callisto insperatella (Nickerl, 1864) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.17E, 224 m alt., Prunus padus, 23.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK590, MK 403725, SO, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, BGIS, 47.05N, 142.74E, 57 m alt., P. padus, 12.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK625, MK 403693, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. Similar to Callisto sp. but generally with no pronounced folds on the epidermis covering the mine (Ellis 2018). Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Rosaceae: Cerasus, Prunus (De Prins & De Prins 2018; Ellis 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) (new record), European part of Russia (Baryshnikova 2008, 2016); Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Nickerl, F. A. (1864) Neue Microlepidopteren. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 8, (1), 1 - 8, 5 pl.","Ellis, W. (2018) Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Plant parasites of Europe: leafminers, gallers and fungi. Available from: http: // bladmineerders. nl / (accessed 2 August 2018)","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Cameraria niphonica Kumata, 1963 (Figs 8E, 14 F–G) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense, 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK537, MK 403685,; same location, A. pseudosieboldianum, 25.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK529, MK 403719, deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 109.3 / [1Cn-2016-male] (Fig. 8E), deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is a relatively large elongated flat blotch, with a very short preceding epidermal tunnel that usually starts nearby secondary vein on the upper side of the leaf (Fig. 14F). The mine is white (Fig. 14F); an exceptionally dark mine was found on A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense (Fig. 14G). The frass is not granular, like in Phyllonorycter species, but has a tar-like aspect and covers the bottom of the mine. Pupation in mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer: A. barbinerve, A. japonicum, A. palmatum, A. pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018), A. caudatum subsp. ukurundense (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK (Baryshnikova 2008); Japan (Kumata 1963)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter jozanae (Kumata, 1967) (Figs 4F, 6D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Crataegus sp., 20.VII.2016, 1 pupa, NK543, MK 403717, deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 41.1 / [14Pj-2016-male] (Figs 4F, 6D), deposited in SIF; SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, BGIS, 47.05N, 142.74E, 57 m alt., C. chlorosarca, 12.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK627, MK 403683, deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 2 males (reared from leaf mine), NK- 98-17-1 / [14-male], deposited in MSNV, NK- 98-17-1 / [23-male], deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is a whitish slightly contracted blotch between the secondary veins on the lower side of the leaf. We recorded up to three mines per a leaf in RFE. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Crataegus: C. chlorosarca, C. jozana, C. maximowiczii, C. pinnatifida (Rosaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK, PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) (Baryshnikova & Dubatolov 2008; Baryshnikova 2008, 2016); Japan (Kumata 1967), Korea (Kim & Byun 2017)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1967) New or little-known species of the genus Lithocolletis occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 29, 59 - 72.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Kim, D. - S. & Byun, B. - K. (2017) Taxonomic review of the genus Phyllonorycter Hubner (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Korea. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 20, 1377 - 1386. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aspen. 2017.07.016"]}

Micrurapteryx caraganella (Hering, 1957) (Figs 5A, 10 A–B) Material examined. Russia: AO, Skovorodino, 53.98N, 123.93E, 431 m alt., Caragana arborescens, 26. VI.2016, 4 pupae, 2 adults (reared from leaf mines), 1 male / genitalia slide [38-male], 1 female / [39-female] (Fig. 5A), deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. Flat whitish green blotch, slightly branched, on the upper side of the leaflet above the midrib, often occupies entire leaflet (Fig. 10A); starts as a relatively long narrow epidermal tunnel on the lower surface of the leaflet (Fig. 10B). Hardly any frass is accumulated in the blotch part of the mine as the larva regularly ejects frass pellets from the mine protruding rear part of the body through a small slit on the underside of leaflet. When most of parenchyma is eaten out, the larva vacates the mine and creates a new one on the same or a neighboring leaf. Vacated mine soon turns brownish, the epidermis covering mine cracks and gets loose. Pupation on the lower surface of a leaflet (occasionally on the upper side), in a transparent glossy cocoon (Fig. 10B). Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Fabaceae: Caragana arborescens, C. frutex, C. boisii, Medicago sativa (Kirichenko et al. 2016). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO (Kirichenko et al. 2017b), southern Siberia (Kirichenko et al. 2016); European part (Kozlov et al. 2017). Remarks: In early literature, the species was confused with M. gradatella (Herrich-Schäffer), which feeds on other Fabaceae: Lathyrus and Vicia and has distinctive characters in male genitalia (see literature revision and the species diagnosis in Kirichenko et al. (2016)). In 2016, numerous mines of M. caraganella were documented on C. arborescens in Scovorodino, AO (Kirichenko et al. 2017b)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Hering, E. M. (1957) Bestimmungstabellen der blattminen vom Europa einschliesslich des Mittelmeerbecken und der Kanarischen Inseln. 3 Bande. W. Junk, Gravenhage, 1185 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 010 - 3702 - 0","Kirichenko, N. I., Akulov, E. N., Triberti, P. & Ponomarenko, M. G. (2017 b) New records of the leaf mining Gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Asian part of Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 346, 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.25221. fee. 346.1","Kozlov, M. V., Kullberg, J. & Zverev, V. E. (2017) New records of Lepidoptera from the Arkhangelsk oblast of Russia. Entomologica Fennica, 28, 169 - 182."]}

Parornix ermolaevi Kuznetzov, 1979 (Fig. 11D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Corylus sieboldiana, 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK546, MK 403727; same location, C. sieboldiana, 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK544, MK 403689, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a small blotch, first flat and later slightly contracted (Phyllonorycter -like mine shape), with a short preceding epidermal tunnel, on the lower surface of the leaf between secondary veins close to leaf margin or deeper in the leaf lamina (Fig. 11D). The vacated mine soon gets brown (Fig. 11D). Frass in loose grains. Soon the larva leaves the mine and continues feeding under a downfolded leaf margin that is fixed by some spinning. Usually two such shelters are created on the mined leaf (Fig. 11D), less frequently on a neighboring leaf. Pupation is on the leaf surface. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Corylus: C. heterophylla (Betulaceae) (Baryshnikova 2016); C. sieboldiana (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK (Kuznetzov 1979a; Baryshnikova 2016)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kuznetzov, V. I. (1979 a) New subgenera and species of moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gracillariidae) from Siberia and the Far East. New species of insects from Siberia and the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 81, 87 - 102. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter kisoensis Kumata et Park, 1978 (Fig. 4G, 7E) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., Alnus hirsuta, 22.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 45.1 / [5Pk-2016-male] (Fig. 4G, 7E), deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is indistinguishable from Phyllonorycter strigulatella. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Alnus hirsuta (Betulaceae) (Kumata & Park 1978). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK, PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) (Baryshnikova 2016); Japan (Kumata & Park 1978)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. & Park, K. - T. (1978) Descriptions of two new species of the genus Phyllonorycter Hubner from Japan and Korea, with notes on the longispinata-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 13, 29 - 42."]}

Phyllonorycter pseudojezoniella Noreika, 1994 (Fig. 7D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Acer saccharum, 26.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 26.VIII.2016 em., NK-182-16 - 1 A / [20Pps-2016-male] (Fig. 7D), deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. Blotch mine on the lower side of the leaf, between two secondary veins, at the later stage gets contracted. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Host plant was not known (Noreika 1994). We found mines solely on the plant species originating from North America, Acer saccharum (Sapindaceae) (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK (Noreika 1994)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Noreika, R. (1994) Two new species of Phyllonorycter Hubner, 1822 from the Far East area (Lepidoptera Gracillariidae). Phegea, 22, 105 - 113."]}

Phyllocnistis sp. 1 (Fig. 14H) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.17E, 224 m alt., Salix sp., 23.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK595, MG 191427, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a long relatively slender whitish epidermal tunnel, slightly wavy, usually starting at the leaf tip and proceeding along the main vein, on the lower side of the leaf (Fig. 14H). The growing mine increases in width insignificantly. Pupation in the mine, in the cocoon, near the leaf margin on the lower side (Fig. 14H). Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Salix sp. (Salicaceae). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK. Remarks. BIN of unknown species—BOLD: ADF2906. Overall, only two Salix -feeding Phyllocnistis are known in East Asia: Ph. gracilistylella Kobayashi, Jinbo et Hirowatari and Ph. saligna (Zeller) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Other three species that develop on Salix, occurs in the western part of the Palearctic: Ph. canariensis Hering, Ph. ramulicola Langmaid et Corley and Ph. valentinensis Hering (De Prins & De Prins 2018). The DNA barcode sequence of Phyllocnistis sp. 1 does not match any of these species. The closest neighbor, with 4.9% divergence, is Ph. valentinensis from Austria, followed by Ph. gracilistylella from Japan, 6.4% (Table 2). Other three species are significantly genetically distant from Phyllocnistis sp. 1, i.e.> 12.9 % (Table 2). Phyllocnistis sp. 1 is a putative new species to science. It was mentioned in our recent study (Kirichenko et al. 2018a)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Doorenweerd, C., Ohshima, I., Huang, G. - H., Wang, M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. (2018 a) Systematics of Phyllocnistis leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) feeding on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in Northeast Asia, with the description of three new species. ZooKeys, 736, 79 - 118. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 736.20739"]}

Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963) (Figs 4D, 6E, 12C) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, arboretum, 43.69N, 132.16E, 160 m alt., Tilia taquetii, 8.VII.2011, 1 larva, NK310, KX818601; same location, T. amurensis, 16.VII.2013, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), NK141, KX818667, deposited in INRA; same location, T. mandshurica, 21.VIII.2015, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), M. Ponomarenko leg., NK596, NK596 / [NK596-male], MK 403708 (Figs 4D, 6E), all deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a flat roundish white blotch with a short preceding epidermal tunnel (which however, may be indistinct), most commonly on the lower side of the leaf (Fig. 12C). At the later stage the mine is contracted, with few weak folds on the epidermis covering the mine. Frass in loose grains accumulated in the middle part of the mine. Pupation in the mine, in a light cocoon. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Tilia (Malvaceae): in East Asia— T. maximowicziana, T. japonica, T. kiusiana, T. taquetii, T. japonica (Kumata 1963; Ermolaev 1977; Kumata et al. 1983), in Europe, Western Russia and Siberia (in nature and / or in botanical gardens)— T. cordata, T. platyphyllos, T. tomentosa, T. × euchlora, T. × europaea, T. sibirica, Tilia americana (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Distribution. Native in Russia: RFE—KK, PK (Ermolaev 1977; Baryshnikova & Dubatolov 2007); Japan (Kumata 1963), Korea (Kumata et al. 1983), China (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Invasive in Russia: Siberia (Kirichenko 2014; Kirichenko et al. 2017c), European part; Europe (Šefrová 2002; Ermolaev 2014)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","Ermolaev, V. P. (1977) A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 70, 98 - 116. [in Russian]","Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Park, K. T. (1983) Some Korean species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 22, 213 - 227.","Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Ohshima, I., Haran, J., Byun, B. - K., Li, H., Augustin, S., Roques, A. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. (2017 c) From east to west across the Palearctic: Phylogeography of the invasive lime leaf miner Phyllonorycter issikii (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and discovery of a putative new cryptic species in East Asia. PLoS ONE, 12 (2), e 0171104. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 017110 4","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2007) To knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Nature Reserve \" Bolshekhekhtsirskii \" (Khabarovsk District). 2 nd report. Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae. Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal world of the Far East], 6, 47 - 50. [in Russian]","Kirichenko, N. (2014) The Lime leafminer Phyllonorycter issikii in Western Siberia: some ecological сharacteristics of the population of the recent invader. Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 7, 114 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 1995425514010077","Sefrova, H. (2002) Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963) - bionomics, ecological impact and spread in Europe (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 50, 99 - 104.","Ermolaev, I. V. (2014) Biological invasion of the lime leafminer Phyllonorycter issikii Kumata (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in Europe. Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 7, 324 - 333. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 1995425514030032"]}

Micrurapteryx gradatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) (Fig. 10C) Material examined. Russia: AO, Skovorodino, nearby the train station, 53.98N, 123.93E, 431 m alt., Vicia sp., 26. VI.2016, 1 larva, NK589, MK 403682, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. Mine is similar to M. caraganella, but often is smaller as host plant leaves are generally small (Fig. 10C). The preceding tunnel on the lower side of the leaflet (Fig. 10C) can be much longer than that of M. caraganella. Pupation is on the leaf surface, in a cocoon similar to M. caraganella. Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Fabaceae: Lathyrus spp., Vicia amoena, V. sepium (Kirichenko et al. 2016; De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO (Baryshnikova 2016); Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Remarks: Earlier records in literature mentioning Micrurapteryx gradatella on Caragana arborescens (Dovnar-Zapol’skiy 1969; Dovnar-Zapol’skiy & Tomilova 1978; Kuznetsov & Baryshnikova 1998; Kuznetzov 1981; Noreika 1997; Baryshnikova 2016) to be attributed to M. caraganella (Kirichenko et al. 2016)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Herrich-Schaffer, G. A. W. (1855) Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa zugleich als text, revision und supplement zu Jakob Hubner's sammlung europaischer schmetterlinge. 5. Die Schaben und Federmotten. In Commission bei G. J. Manz, Regensburg, 394 pp.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Dovnar-Zapol'skiy, D. P. (1969) Mining insects on plants of Kirgizia and adjacent territory. Ilim, Frunze, 148 pp. [in Russian]","Dovnar-Zapol'skiy, D. P. & Tomilova, V. N. (1978) Leaf mining insects of Siberia and neighbor territories. In: Kulik, S. A. (Ed.), Insects of Eastern Siberia. The publishing house of Irkutsk university, Irkutsk, pp. 20 - 51. [in Russian]","Kuznetsov, V. I. & Baryshnikova, S. V. (1998) A brief catalogue of leafmining moths Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the fauna of Russia and neighboring countries. Procceedings of Zooogical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1998, 1 - 60. [in Russian]","Kuznetzov, V. I. (1981) Fam. Gracillariidae (Lithocolletiidae) - leaf blotch miners. In: Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.), A guide to the insects of the European part of the USSR-Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. 4 (2). Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 149 - 311. [in Russian]","Noreika, R. (1997) Gracillariidae. In: Ler, P. A. (Ed.), Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 1. Trichoptera and Lepidoptera. Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 373 - 429. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter orientalis (Kumata, 1963) (Fig. 12G) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Acer pictum, 22.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), NK536, MK 403726; same location, A. pictum, 23.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK535, MK 403729; same location, A. saccharum, 26.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK538, MK 403707, all deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is an elongated contracted whitish blotch, without preceding epidermal tunnel, with one pronounced fold on the epidermis; situated on the lower side of the leaf nearby the leaf margin (Fig. 12G). Loose grains of frass are accumulated in the central part of the mine. From the upper side, the mine is white (Fig. 12G). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer: A. carpinifolium, A. palmatum, A. pictum, A. pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018), A. saccharum (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK, SO (Kuril Islands) (Ermolaev 1977; Baryshnikova 2016), European part (Baryshnikova 2008); Japan, Taiwan (Kumata 1963), Korea (Park & Han 1986)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 23-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Ermolaev, V. P. (1977) A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 70, 98 - 116. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Park, K. T. & Han, S. S. (1986) Seven species of Gracillariidae and Lyonetiidae (Lepidoptera) new to Korea and a list of the known host plants for the families. Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 25, 121 - 128."]}

Phyllonorycter caraganella (Ermolaev, 1986) (Figs 4A, 11 E–F) Material examined. Russia: PK, Glukhovka, 43.74N, 132.13E, 68 m alt., Caragana fruticosa, 27.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK525; Rakovka, forest, along the road, 43.80N, 132.19E, 140 m alt., C. fruticosa, 27.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK522, MK 403694, deposited in INRA; same location, host and date, 3 males (reared from leaf mine), NK-184-16 - 9 A / [2Pc-2016-male] (Fig. 4A), deposited in MSNV, K-184-16-12A / [3Pc-2016-male], NK-184-16 - 13 A / [4Pc-2016- male], deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is an elongated blotch with a relatively long epidermal tunnel (Fig. 11E) that may not be visible when mine is spread on the surface; on the lower side of the leaflet at any location. In the late stage, the mine may cover the whole leaflet, gets significantly contracted, with 4–5 folds on the epidermis covering the mine (Fig. 11F). From the upper side, the damaged leaf has mottled appearance due to partially eaten out parenchyma layers; later becomes brownish. Frass in scattered grains, some are accumulated in the middle part of the mine. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Caragana fruticosa (Fabaceae) (Ermolaev 1986b). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK (Baryshnikova 2008, 2016)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Ermolaev, V. P. (1986 b) Two new species of leaf miners of the genus Lithocolletis Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) damaging oak and pea shrub in southern Primorye. In: Ler, P. A. (Ed.), Systematics and ecology of Lepidoptera from the Far East of the USSR. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Vladivostok, pp. 26 - 30. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella (Hübner, [1817]) (Figs 4M, 8D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., 22.VII.2016, 1 male (collected by sweep netting from Aesculus hippocastanum), 37.1 / [15Pu-2016-male] (Figs 4M, 8D); SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park, 46.96N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Betula platyphylla, 11.VII.2017, 1 female (reared from leaf mine), NK- 66-17-1 / [17-female], deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is indistinguishable from the one of Ph. ermani on Betula platyphylla (Fig. 12B). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Betula: B. nigra, B. papyrifera, B. pendula, B. platyphylla, B. pubescens (Betulaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK, SO (Kuril Islands) (Baryshnikova & Dubatolov, 2007; Baryshnikova 2016), SO (Sakhalin Island) (new record), Siberia, European part (Baryshnikova 2008; Kirichenko et al. 2017a); Japan (Kumata 1963), Kazakhstan (Kuznetsov & Baryshnikova 1998), Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2007) To knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Nature Reserve \" Bolshekhekhtsirskii \" (Khabarovsk District). 2 nd report. Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae. Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal world of the Far East], 6, 47 - 50. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Kirichenko, N. I., Petko, V. M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. (2017 a) Diversity and distribution of leaf mining insects on Birches (Betula spp.) in Siberia. Entomological Review, 97, 183 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.1134. S 0013873817020051","Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","Kuznetsov, V. I. & Baryshnikova, S. V. (1998) A brief catalogue of leafmining moths Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the fauna of Russia and neighboring countries. Procceedings of Zooogical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1998, 1 - 60. [in Russian]"]}

Caloptilia betulicola (Hering, 1928) (Fig. 10F) Material examined. Russia: SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park, 46.96N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Betula platyphylla, 11.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK622, MK 403700, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a small, slightly contorted brown blotch with an inconspicuous epidermal corridor on the lower side of the leaf (rarely on the upper surface), along the main vein or near leaf margin. Black grains of frass are scattered inside mine along its margin.After vacating the mine, the larva feeds under a folded (or slightly rolled) leaf margin, usually on the same leaf, afterward moves to a neighbor leaf rolling a significant part of it downwards, starting either from the leaf tip, as observed in Europe (Ellis 2018), or from the leaf margin as we noted in RFE (Fig. 10F). Pupation in a white shining cocoon attached to the leaf surface near leaf margin. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Betulaceae: Betula pendula, B. platyphylla, B. pubescens (De Prins & De Prins 2018; Ellis 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, SO (Sakhalin Islands), PK (Ermolaev 1977; Baryshnikova & Dubatolov 2007; Baryshnikova 2008); Japan (Kumata 1982), China (Baryshnikova 2016), Europe, Caucasus (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Hering, M. (1928) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Oekologie und Systematik blattminierender Insekten. (Minenstudien VIII). Zeitschrift fur angewandte Entomologie, 13, 157 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1439 - 0418.1928. tb 00033. x","Ellis, W. (2018) Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Plant parasites of Europe: leafminers, gallers and fungi. Available from: http: // bladmineerders. nl / (accessed 2 August 2018)","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Ermolaev, V. P. (1977) A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 70, 98 - 116. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2007) To knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Nature Reserve \" Bolshekhekhtsirskii \" (Khabarovsk District). 2 nd report. Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae. Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal world of the Far East], 6, 47 - 50. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Kumata, T. (1982) A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 26, 1 - 186."]}

Phyllonorycter sorbicola (Kumata, 1963) (Figs 13 C–D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.17E, 224 m alt., Prunus maackii, 23.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK591, MK 403721, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a white elongated, contracted blotch with indistinguishable folds on the epidermis covering the mine, with a relatively short preceding epidermal tunnel, between secondary veins on the lower side of the leaf (Figs 13 C–D). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Rosaceae: Malus asiatica, M. pumila, Prunus padus, Sorbus alnifolia, S. commixta, S. matsumurana (Kumata 1982; De Prins & De Prins 2018), Prunus maackii (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—SO (Baryshnikova 2016), PK (new record); Japan (Kumata 1963).

Phyllonorycter nipponicella (Issiki, 1930) (Fig. 5B) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., Quercus mongolica, 23.VII.2016, 1 female (reared from leaf mine), 58.1 / [8-2016-female] (Fig. 5B), deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is similar to Ph. nigristella. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Quercus: Q. acutissima, Q. variabilis (Fagaceae) (Kumata 1963; Kumata et al. 1983; Fujihara et al. 2000); Q. mongolica (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK, PK, SO (Kuril Islands) (Baryshnikova 2016); Japan (Kumata 1963), Korea (Kumata et al. 1983)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Issiki, S. T. (1930) New Japanese and Formosan Microlepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 6 (34), 10, 422 - 431. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933008673235","Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Park, K. T. (1983) Some Korean species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 22, 213 - 227.","Fujihara, J., Sato, H. & Kumata, T. (2000) The pupal cremaster as a diagnostic character for species of Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with description of a new species of nipponicella complex from Japan. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 31, 387 - 400. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631200 X 00435"]}

Caloptilia heringi Kumata, 1966 (Fig. 10G) Material examined. Russia: SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park, 46.96N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Acer pictum, 11.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK624, MK 403704, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine and the leaf rolls are similar to those of C. acericola and C. gloriosa, however the mine of C. heringi is smaller and the folded leaf margin stage is often missing (instead larvae make a cone from the leaf tip right after vacating mine) (Fig. 10G). Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer pictum (Sapindaceae) (Kumata 1966). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK, PK (Ermolaev 1977; Baryshnikova & Dubatolov, 2007; Baryshnikova 2008, 2016), SO (Sakhalin Island) (new record); Japan (Kumata 1966)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1966) Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hubner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 29, 1 - 21.","Ermolaev, V. P. (1977) A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 70, 98 - 116. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2007) To knowledge of small moths (Microlepidoptera) of the Nature Reserve \" Bolshekhekhtsirskii \" (Khabarovsk District). 2 nd report. Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae. Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego Vostoka [Animal world of the Far East], 6, 47 - 50. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Caloptilia gloriosa Kumata, 1966 (Fig. 6A) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Acer pseudosieboldianum, 25.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), same location, host and date, NK532; 1 male (reared from leaf mine), 109.1, adult male and genitalia slide deposited in SIF, DNA in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine and the leaf rolls are indistinguishable from those of C. acericola. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer: A. japonicum, A. palmatum, A. pictum, A. sieboldianum (Sapindaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018), A pseudosieboldianum (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK (Baryshnikova & Dubatolov 2016), PK, SO (Kuril Islands) (Ermolaev 1977; Baryshnikova 2008); Japan (Kumata 1966)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1966) Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hubner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 29, 1 - 21.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. & Dubatolov, V. V. (2016) Additions for Microlepidoptera of southern part of Khabarovskii krai: Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetidae. Amurian zoological journal, VIII (4), 292 - 298. [in Russian]","Ermolaev, V. P. (1977) A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 70, 98 - 116. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Caloptilia stigmatella (Fabricius, 1781) (Fig. 10H) Material examined. Russia: AO, Skovorodino, nearby the train station, 53.98N, 123.93E, 431 m alt., Salix sp., 26. VI.2016, 1 larva, NK565, MK 403711; SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park, 46.97N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Salix sp., 11.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK620, MK 403678, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The blotch mine is usually bigger than in other Caloptilia spp. listed above, more strongly contorted (that reminds Phyllonorycter mines), situated along the leaf margin, and is preceded by a relatively long, easily distinguishable epidermal tunnel which starts near the main or a secondary vein (Fig. 10H). After vacating the mine, the larva moves to the leaf tip (often on the neighbor leaf), bends it downwards creating a triangular cone in which it continues feeding (Fig. 10H). Pupation is external, in a cocoon on the low side of the leaf. Trophic specialization. Mainly oligophagous on Salicaceae: Salix, Populus, Chosenia, rarely found on Betulaceae (Betula), Myricaceae (Myrica gale), Fabaceae (Robinia pseudoacacia) (Baryshnikova 2016; De Prins & De Prins 2018; Ellis 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK, SO, KamK; Siberia, European part (Baryshnikova 2008, 2016); Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, India, North Africa, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Europe, Canada (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Fabricius, J. C. (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma autorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus, II (2), 1 - 517. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36509","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Ellis, W. (2018) Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Plant parasites of Europe: leafminers, gallers and fungi. Available from: http: // bladmineerders. nl / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter salictella (Zeller, 1846) Material examined. Russia: SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, BGIS, 47.05N, 142.74E, 57 m alt., Salix rorida, 17.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK630, MK 403703, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is similar to other Phyllonorycter species, on the lower side of the leaf. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Salix (Salicaceae) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) (Baryshnikova 2016), European part (Baryshnikova 2008); Japan (Kumata 1963), Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Zeller, P. C. (1846) Die Arten der Blattminierergattung Lithocolletis. Linnaea Entomologica, 1, 166 - 261, pl. I.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90."]}

Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833) (Fig. 7C) Material examined. Russia: KK, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, city plantation, 50.58N, 137.04E, 32 m alt., Populus sp., 13.VII.2010, 1 pupa, NK88, MK 403730; AO, Blagoveshchensk, Friendship park, 50.29N, 127.53E, 137 m alt., P. balsamifera, 27. VI.2016, 1 pupa, NK561, MK 403712, 1 male (reared from mine), NK561-1 / [NK561-1-male] (Fig. 7C), deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a blotch similar to that of Ph. pastorella, but with a shorter preceding epidermal tunnel that can be seen in the later stage when the blotch part of the mine spreads on the surface. The mine is usually on the lower side of the leaf between secondary veins or nearby leaf margin. Often several mines per leaf. In dense populations, upper side mines can be found. Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Populus: P. nigra, P. suaveolens, P. laurifolia, P. balsamifera, P. deltoids, P. simonii, and the hybrids— Populus x canadensis, Populus x canescens (Salicaceae) (Ellis 2018; De Prins & De Prins 2018). Records of P. alba and P. tremula may need confirmation as Ph. populifoliella mines can be mixed up with those of several other Phyllonorycter species developing on these plants: Ph. apparella, Ph. comparella, Ph. connexella, Ph. pastorella (Ellis 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—KK (Baryshnikova 2016), AO (new record), Siberia, European part (Baryshnikova 2008); Central Asia, Europe (De Prins & De Prins 2018)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Treitschke, F. (1833) Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. 9 (2). Fleischer, Leipzig, 294 pp.","Ellis, W. (2018) Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Plant parasites of Europe: leafminers, gallers and fungi. Available from: http: // bladmineerders. nl / (accessed 2 August 2018)","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Caloptilia acericola Kumata, 1966 (Fig. 10D) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.70N, 132.15E, 264 m alt., Acer pseudosieboldianum, 22.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK539, MK 403697, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is a small, slightly contorted brownish blotch along main vein or between secondary veins (Fig. 10D), usually on the lower side of the leaf, with or without short epidermal tunnel. Black grains of frass are accumulated in the blotch mine along its margin. After vacating the mine, the larva creates up to three shelters (usually on the same leaf): at the beginning, it feeds in the folded downwards leaf margin, then moves to another margin and rolls it downwards starting from leaf tip, soon after it rolls downwards a bigger part of the leaf and feeds in this construction (Fig. 10D). Pupation in a whitish shining cocoon attached to the leaf margin. Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Acer: A. japonicum, A. palmatum, A. pictum, A. pseudosieboldianum (Sapindaceae) (Baryshnikova 2016; De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK (Ermolaev 1988; Baryshnikova 2008), Japan (Kumata 1966)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1966) Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hubner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 29, 1 - 21.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Ermolaev, V. P. (1988) Gracillariid moths of the genus Lithocolletis Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) trophically associated with elm and maple in the south of the Far East. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (Entomological Review), 67, 346 - 359. [in Russian]","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Callisto sp. (Figs 11 B–C) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, 43.69N, 132.15E, 152 m alt., Malus sp., 24.VII.2016, 1 larva, NK548, MK 403677, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. Blotch mine between two secondary veins in parenchyma, with a preceding short (not always visible) epidermal tunnel, with a central frass line, on the lower or upper side of the leaf (Fig. 11B). The blotch is flat but soon gets tentiform-like (similar to Phyllonorycter) due to silk deposited by the larva in the mine that dries and shrinks the mine causing 1–2 wrinkles on the epidermis covering mine. The larva vacates the mine through the hole in the lower epidermis, in the corner of the mine (Fig. 11B), and continues living in a shelter, under the leaf margin folded downwards, on the same or neighboring leaf (Fig. 11C). When about one third of a half parenchyma layer is eaten out in the shelter, the larva creates a new shelter (Fig. 11C). Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Malus sp. (Rosaceae). Distribution. Russia: RFE—PK. Remarks. BIN of unknown species—BOLD: ADF4428. Callisto sp. does not match any known Callisto species in BOLD or NCBI. Overall, in the Palearctic, three Callisto species are known on Rosaceae: C. albicinctella Kuznetzov (RFE; host: Prunus), C. denticulella (Thunberg) (Europe; Rosaceae, including Malus), and C. insperatella (Nickerl) (Europe, RFE; host: Rosaceae, including Prunus) (De Prins & De Prins 2018). C. denticulella (DNA barcodes from Canada and France) is the closest relative to our Callisto sp., with minimum interspecific divergence 2.2% (Table 2). The distance from C. insperatella sampled for the fist time in RFE reaches 3.7% and from C. insperatella collected in Poland—4.3% (Table 2). There are no DNA barcode sequences of C. albicinctella in the genetic databases. C. albicinctella is known to develop on Prunus (Kuznetzov 1979b); no record of this species from Malus is known. If the latter species remains trophically linked only to Prunus, our Callisto sp. may represent a new species., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Kuznetzov, V. I. (1979 b) New miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Asiatic part of the USSR. In: New species if insects from the Asiatic part of the USSR. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR, 88, pp. 77 - 84. [in Russian]"]}

Phyllonorycter ringoniella (Matsumura, 1931) (Figs 4K, 8B, 13 A–B) Material examined. Russia: PK, Gornotaezhnoe, forest around MTS, 43.68N, 132.15E, 224 m alt., Malus mandshurica, 25.VII.2016, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), NK-179-16 - 1 A / [10Prin-2016-male] (Figs 4K, 8B); same location, Malus sp. 24.VII.2016, 1 female (reared from leaf mine), 70.1 / [3Prin-2016-female], deposited in SIF. Leaf mine. The mine is a white elongated contracted blotch with very short or without preceding epidermal tunnel, along the leaf margin or between the secondary veins (Figs 13 A–B). Epidermis covering mine soon becomes brownish (Fig. 13B). From the upper side of the leaf, the mine has a marbled appearance (Fig. 13B). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Rosaceae: Malus baccata, M. domestica, M. mandshurica, M. pumila, M. sieboldii, M. toringo, Prunus padus, P. salicina, Pyrus sp. (De Prins & De Prins 2018). Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, PK, SO (Sakhalin Island) (Baryshnikova 2008, 2016), Siberia (Kirichenko et al. 2017b); Japan (Kumata 1959), Korea (Nakayama & Okamoto 1940), China (Kumata et al. 1983)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Matsumura, S. (1931) 6000 Illustrated insects of Japan-Empire. II & III. Toko Shoin, Tokyo, 23 + 1497 pp. & 191 + 10 pls.","De Prins, J. & De Prins W (2018) Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net / (accessed 2 August 2018)","Baryshnikova, S. V. (2008) Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, St. - Petersburg & Moscow, pp. 38 - 45. [in Russian]","Kirichenko, N. I., Akulov, E. N., Triberti, P. & Ponomarenko, M. G. (2017 b) New records of the leaf mining Gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Asian part of Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 346, 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.25221. fee. 346.1","Kumata, T. (1959) Redescriptions of the species of the genus Lithocolletis described by Prof. Dr. S. Matsumura (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 22, 71 - 81.","Nakayama, M. & Okamoto, D. (1940) List of fruit tree pests in Chosen. Research Bulletin of Chosen Agricultural Experimental Station, 12, 195 - 247.","Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Park, K. T. (1983) Some Korean species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 22, 213 - 227."]}

Phyllonorycter sp. 1 (Fig. 13F) Material examined. Russia: PK, Sikhote-Alin Mts, National park “Zov tigra”, 43.60N, 134.30E, 690 m alt., Tilia sp., 10.VII.2010, 1 larva, NK31, KX818885, (INRA); Vladivostok, Akademgorodok, city plantation, 43.19N, 131.92E, 82 m alt., T. mandshurica, 15.VII.2013, 1 pupa, NK205, KX818718; Gornotaezhnoe, MTS, arboretum, 43.69N, 132.16E, 160 m alt., T. taquetii, 25.VIII.2011, 1 larva, NK236, KX818723; same location, T. mandshurica, 16.VII.2013, 1 larva, NK208, KX818721; same location, T. amurensis, 10.VII.2015, 1 male (reared from leaf mine), M. Ponomarenko leg., NK601, MK403722, all deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine (Fig. 13F) is not distinguishable from that of Ph. issikii (Fig. 12C). Trophic specialization. Monophagous on Tilia (Malvaceae). T. amurensis, T. mandshurica, T. taquetii, Tilia sp. Distribution. Russia: RFE—AO, KK, PK (Baryshnikova 2006); Japan (Kumata 1963), Korea (Kumata et al. 1983), China (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Phyllonorycter sp. 1 and Ph. issikii occur in sympatry (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). Remarks. BIN of unknown species—BOLD:ACC3074. The maximum intraspecific divergence in the cluster represented by five unidentified specimens (Fig. 3) is 1.2%. In East Asia, only one Tilia -feeding Phyllonorycter species is known— Ph. issikii (Kumata 1963). The minimum interspecific genetic distance between our unidentified species and Ph. issikii is 5.4% (Table 2), suggesting that Phyllonorycter sp. 1 may be an undescribed species. This putative new cryptic species was already mentioned in our previous study (Kirichenko et al. 2017c). To confirm its novelty, a representative series of adults is needed for morphological analysis., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Park, K. T. (1983) Some Korean species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 22, 213 - 227.","Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Ohshima, I., Haran, J., Byun, B. - K., Li, H., Augustin, S., Roques, A. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. (2017 c) From east to west across the Palearctic: Phylogeography of the invasive lime leaf miner Phyllonorycter issikii (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and discovery of a putative new cryptic species in East Asia. PLoS ONE, 12 (2), e 0171104. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 017110 4"]}

Phyllonorycter ermani (Kumata, 1963) (Fig. 12B) Material examined. Russia: SO, Sakhalin Island, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gagarin Park, 46.96N, 142.75E, 69 m alt., Betula platyphylla, 11.VII.2017, 1 larva, NK623, MK 403679, deposited in INRA. Leaf mine. The mine is similar to Ph. cavella but with hardly any folds visible. Up to three mines per leaf were recorded in RFE. At later stages, the leaf is significantly deformed (Fig. 12B). Pupation in the mine. Trophic specialization. Oligophagous on Betulaceae: Alnus maximowiczii, Betula ermanii (Kumata 1963; Ermolaev 1987), Betula platyphylla (new record). Distribution. Russia: RFE—SO (Kuril Islands) (Baryshnikova 2016), Sakhalin Island (new record); Japan (Kumata 1963)., Published as part of Kirichenko, Natalia, Triberti, Paolo, Akulov, Evgeniy, Ponomarenko, Margarita, Gorokhova, Svetlana, Sheiko, Viktor, Ohshima, Issei & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2019, Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3363475, {"references":["Kumata, T. (1963) Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 25, 53 - 90.","Ermolaev, V. P. (1987) Material on the fauna of Gracillariidae from Sakhalin and the southern Kuril Islands. In: Ler, P. A., Kirpichnikova, V. A. & Kononenko, V. S. (Eds.), Lepidoptera of the Soviet Far East. Far East Scientific Center, Vladivostok, pp. 25 - 36. [in Russian]"]}

Genus Sitotrogoides gen. nov. Type species: Gelechia acanthopis Meyrick, 1932. Diagnosis. Sitotrogoides is similar to Sitotroga in having the valva with a semiseparated sacculus in the male genitalia (Figs 10, 15). The type species of both genera, Sitotrogoides and Sitotroga, possess the aedeagus with a long caecum (Figs 7, 10, 15) and lack the muscles m 3 in the musculoskeletal apparatus of the male genitalia. However, Sitotrogoides differs from Sitotroga by the presence of the separate forewing veins, Rs 4 and M 1, the separate hindwing veins, Rs and M 1 (Figs 3, 5); an arrow-like medial plate in gnathos (Fig. 6), an elongate saccus, a setaceous valvella, the valva fused with the vinculum in the saccular area into an ankylosed sacculus +vinculum sclerite (Fig. 11), the widely-spaced proximal parts of muscles m 2 and m 4 (Figs 10, 11) in the male genitalia, and the shorter ovipositor (Fig. 9) in the female genitalia. Description. Head: labial palpi 2.3�� longer than eye diameter; 2 nd palpomere with dense scales; 3 rd palpomere slender, acuminate apically. Antennae filiform in both sexes; scape without pecten. Thorax: metatibia with dense scales. Forewing elongate, with narrowly-round apex. Forewing venation (Fig. 3) with Sc reaching margin at middle of costa; R arising from radius near midlength, nearly parallel to Rs 1; Rs 2 nearly parallel to Rs 1; Rs 3 and Rs 4 stalked at basal 1/3, curved to costa; M 1 nearly parallel to M 2, closer to stem of Rs 3 and Rs 4 except distal 1/3; M 3 divergent from CuA 1; CuA 2 slightly convergent to CuA 1 in basal 2/3; CuP present as folder in basal 3/4; 1A+2A with basal fork 1/4 length. Hindwing venation (Fig. 3) with Sc+R 1 reaching margin at distal 1/5 of costa, with oblique spur at basal 1/4; Rs stem arched at distal 1/3; Rs curved toward near wing apex; Rs and M 1 close in basal 1/6, divergent from each other; M 1 curved; M 2 slightly divergent from M 1 in distal half, closer to M 3 than to M 1; M 3 divergent from M 1; CuA 1 connate with M 3; CuA 2 slightly divergent from CuA 1; CuP closer to CuA 2 than to 1A+2A, incomplete medially; 1A+2A sinuous, with small basal fork; 3A close to 1A+2A, straight. Male sternite VIII (Fig. 8) emarginated medially on posterior margin. Male genitalia (Figs 6���7) with lobate uncus; semi-circular gnathal plate; elongate valva, with linear zone of strong setae along ventral margin; saccus elongate, subtriangular; straight aedeagus with elongate caecum. Female genitalia (Fig. 9) with papillae anales elongate; apophyses slender; sclerotized band along ventral margin of ostium bursae fused with sclerotized ring of 8th abdominal segment; ductus bursae narrow, with sclerotization near ostium bursae; corpus bursae with two signa. Description of male and female genitalia specific details see under the type species re-description. Description of functional morphology of male genitalia. Musculoskeletal apparatus (Figs 10���12) comprising seven paired muscles (m 1 , m 2 , m 4 , m 5a , m 5b , m 6 , m 22 ) and two unpaired muscle (m 21 , m 28 ): m 1 (musculus tergalis intersegmentalis 9���10) muscle from the lateral surface of the anterior part of tegumen to sclerotized semiseparate plate at the base of uncus; m 2 (musculus gonopodalis externus dorsolateralis) muscle from the dorsal part of tegumen to the dorso-basal angle of valva and attached to the place of joining of the valva with tegumen; m 4 (musculus gonopodalis externus dorsomedialis) muscle attached to the medial surface of anterodorsal margin of widened anterior part of tegumen and stretched to the medial side of saccular part of valva and to base of valvella; m 5a (musculus phallicus externus posterior) muscle from the joined sclerite sacculus+vinculum to the lateral margin of the aedeagus caecum; m 5b (musculus phallicus externus posterior) muscle from ventral surface of saccus to the apex of aedeagus caecum; m 6 (musculus phallicus externus anterior) muscle stretched from the lateral margin of the saccus to the ventral surface of aedeagus; m 21 (musculus phallicus internus longitudinalis) muscle placed within inflated basal part of the aedeagus; m 22 (musculus tergosternalis intrasegmentalis 9) muscle from anterior margin of vinculum to external surface of anterodorsal angle of tegumen; m 28 (musculus phallicus internus trasverses) muscle of the balbus of ejaculatory dustus aedeagus. Etymology. The generic name is derived from a similar genus, Sitotroga with a Greek suffix, ���- oides ���, meaning ���like���., Published as part of Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Ponomarenko, Margarita G. & Sakamaki, Yositaka, 2019, A new genus of Pexicopiini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) for " Gelechia " acanthopis Meyrick, 1932, with review of functional morphology of male genitalia in allied genera, pp. 125-135 in Zootaxa 4638 (1) on pages 126-128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3334996, {"references":["Meyrick, E. (1932) Gelechiadae. In: Meyrick, E. (Ed.), Exotic Microlepidoptera, 4 (7 - 11), pp. 193 - 352.","Olivier, G. A. (1789) Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes, Paris, 4, 121.","Zimmerman, E. C. (1978) Microlepidoptera. Insects Hawaii, 9, 1 - 1903."]}

Sophronia salaganella ��umpich et Bidzilya, sp. n. (Figs. 1���7, 17���22) Type material. Holotype ♀: ��� Russia, Altai Republic | Kosh-Agach Distr. | Kurai env. (15 km SW) | Dzhangyskol lake (or | SALAGANA lake) | 50��10���49������N; 87��44���19������E | coniferous forest/steppe | 24.���25.vi. 2015, 1830 m | Jan ��umpich leg.��� | ��� Photo / | Gen. prep. | J. ��umpich | 18/419 ��� | ��� HOLOTYPUS ♀ | Sophronia salaganella | ��umpich & Bidzilya, 2018��� [red label] (NMPC). Paratypes: Russia, Altai Mts. 4♂♂, 2♀♀, the same data as holotype. 1♂, 1♀, Aktash village, 50��19���12������N, 87��36���00������E, grassy steppe, rocks, 1400 m, 11.vii.2014 (J. ��umpich) (gen. prep. 18425 ♀, Jan ��umpich); 1♂, 1♀, the same locality, but 21.vi.2015 (J. ��umpich) (gen. prep. 18424 ♂, J. ��umpich). 1♂, 1♀, Belyashi (Dzhazator) environs (25 km NW), confluence of Argut and Karagem rivers, 49��51'56"N, 87��10'22"E, 1400 m, rocky steppe, 27.���28.vii.2017 (J. ��umpich). 1♂, Shebalino distr., 8 km W of Cherga, rocky slopes, steppe, 580 m, 7.vii.2015 (J. ��umpich) (all NMPC). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet near Aktash, Jarly-Jary upper stream, mountain tundra, 2600 m, 8.vii.1976 (Yu. A. Kostjuk) (gen. slide 164/18, O. Bidzilya). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet near Aktash, Jarly-Jary middle stream, south mix-grass steppe slope, 2400 m, 5.vii.1976 (Yu. A. Kostjuk). 4♂♂, Kosh-Agatch distr., Ukok plateau, 11, 20, 22.vii.2001, 2200 m (O. Bidzilya). 4♂♂, Kosh-Agatch distr., Tjurgun river near Tchuja road, 1500 m, 7.vii.2001, on light (O. Bidzilya). 1♀, 15 km S Ongudai, 1200 m, 50��40���N, 86��16���E, 7���8.vii.1997 (P. Ustjuzhanin) (gen. slide 59/17, O. Bidzilya) (all ZMKU). 1♀, Ulagan distr., 11 km NNW of Aktash, 1 900 m, 28��� 30.vii.2016 (P. Huemer, B. Wiesmair). 1♀, Ulagan distr., 10 km NE of Aktash, Kurai Mountains Range, between the rivers Korumdyajry and Yarlyamry, 2150 m, 7.viii.2016 (P. Huemer, B. Wiesmair) (all TLMF). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet, 50��16���20���N 87��50���55���E, 2400���2800 m, 7.vii.2001 (K. Nupponen); 1♀, the same locality, but 8.vii.2001 (K. Nupponen). 1♂, Kuraiskaya steppe, 50��14���16���N, 87��50���55���E, 1500���1700 m, 13.vii.2001 (genitalia slide K. Nupponen 1/ 1.i.2002) (K. Nupponen) (all NUPP). [Buryatia], East Sayan Mts., 1♂, Mondy village (2 km E), 51��47���48���N 100��55���58���E, forest steppe, 1450 m, 13.vi.2002 (K. Nupponen) (NUPP). Description. Adult (Figs. 1���7). Wingspan 18���19 mm in male, 16���18 mm in female. Head and thorax whitish brown, slightly lighter than general coloration of forewings. Labial palpi slightly curved, segment 2 very broad, fan-shaped, both inner and outer sides chocolate brown, upper edge closer to frons whitish. Segment 3 long, almost straight, pointed, slightly longer than the segment 2, upper surface white, under surface side brown. Antennae dark brown dorsally, whitish ventrally throughout. Forewings narrow, strongly curved at the apex. Forewing in basal and distal parts with a comparatively short longitudinal streak, two pairs of short thicker streaks (less visible on dark specimens) in middle. Coloration in area from base to middle of costa as well as tornal area whitish. Forewings of fresh and lighter specimens suffused by orange-ochreous scales; in distal part two distinct light arrow-shaped lines, and one, sometimes two, short lines along sickle-like curve; between them, and perpendicularly to them, two very short whitish streaks, mostly visible also in dark specimens. Hindwings unicolourous, grey to grey-brown, fringes concolourous. Sexual dimorphism is imperceptible, females are slightly smaller, and the forewings are weakly narrower. Dark brown coloration varies considerably: sometimes considerably reduced, whereas some specimens of both sexes entirely dark brown, with only light arrow-shaped subapical lines visible (Figs. 3���6). Male genitalia (Figs. 17���20). Uncus subrectangular, twice as long as broad, posterior margin with narrow triangular medial emargination. Gnathos strongly curved in middle, relatively uniform in width, apex pointed. Tegumen subrectangular, two to three times longer than broad, weakly constricted beyond mid-length, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/4���1/3 length of tegumen. Cucullus narrow, broadened in distal 1/3, apex rounded, slightly extending half length of uncus. Valvella straight, about twice as short as the length of cucullus. Vinculum very narrow, band-shaped. Juxta and sacculus form setaceous tube surrounding aedeagus. Saccus subrectangular, twice as long as than broad, slightly extending beyond top of pedunculus. Aedeagus longer than tegumen and uncus, straight, nearly uninform in width, with a small subapical hook. Female genitalia (Figs. 21���22). Papillae anales broad, round. Apophyses posteriores long, apophyses anteriores aproximately one third length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum long, slightly tapering anteriorly (funnel-shaped), sclerotized. Ductus bursae membranous, narrow, slightly expanding toward to bursa copulatrix, only slightly longer than antrum. Bursa copulatrix symmetricaly oval, same length as antrum and ductus bursae combined. Signum in shape of a longer broad plate with irregular edges with darkly sclerotized ends. Diagnosis. In habitus, S. salaganella is most similar to S. illustrella (Figs. 11���12), but S. illustrella lacks the two short whitish streaks at the point where the bend of the apex begins. Additionally, the suffusion of the forewings is mostly whitish in S. salaganella and ochreous, sometimes reddish, in S. illustrella. In the male genitalia, the aedeagus is shorter and stouter in S. illustrella; in the female genitalia the shape of the signum distinguishes the species. Sophronia salaganella also resembles S. orientalis (Figs 23���26), but the latter is comparatively smaller with a wingspan of 11.5���15.0 mm (cf. Park & Ponomarenko 2007), the longitudinal streaks in the proximal and distal areas of the forewings are longer and more distinct, and the two pairs of short streaks in the middle of wing are usually absent. The suffusion of the forewings is mostly reddish in S. orientalis and whitish in S. salaganella. In the male genitalia, the aedeagus is narrower, slightly curved and just beyond the middle with a toothed lobe-like ventral process in S. orientalis, but straight and without a toothed plate in S. salaganella. Females are easily distinguished by the signum shape: its middle part is oval in S. orientalis and rectangular in S. salaganella. Sophronia salaganella cannot be confused with S. alaicella (Figs 13���14) which has narrower forewings, with a less arcuate apex and with all longitudinal streaks practically absent. Sophronia salaganella can be distinguished from S. gelidella (Figs 15���16) by the following: S. gelidella lacks the longitudinal streak in the distal area of forewings; in the male genitalia the aedeagus is distally curved and with a subapical, dentiform process (not present in S. salaganella); and in the female genitalia the signum is markedly larger in S. gelidella (its length is about half as long as the bursa copulatrix, whereas about one-fourth as long in S. salaganella). For a more detailed comparison, along with photographs of the genitalia of both sexes, see Landry et al. (2013: 24, 28). Distribution. Russia: Altai Republic, Buryatia. Bionomics. Early stages unknown. Adults have been found from late June to late July at altitudes between 1200 m and 2600 m on rocky steppe, in mountains tundra, and in mixed-grass steppe in Altai Mountains (Fig. 10). Etymology. The species is named after the local name of the mountain lake Salagana near Kurai village in the Altai Mts, which is located near the type locality of the new species. This lake is better known on some maps as Dzhangyskol lake., Published as part of ��umpich, Jan, Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Ponomarenko, Margarita G., 2019, Sophronia salaganella sp. n. from the Russian Altai and new data on Palaearctic Sophronia H��bner, [1825] species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), pp. 348-360 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on pages 350-351, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2629750, {"references":["Park, K. T. & Ponomarenko, M. G. (2007) Gelechiidae of the Korean Peninsula and Adjacent Territories (Lepidoptera). In: Insects of Korea. Series 12. Center for Insect Systematics, Seoul, pp. 1 - 312.","Landry, J. - F., Nazari, V., Dewaard, J. R., Mutanen, M., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Huemer, P. & Hebert, P. D. N. (2013) Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa, 3749 (1), 1 - 93. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3749.1.1"]}

Sophronia alaicella Caradja, 1920 (Figs. 9, 13���14, 36���38) Sophronia sp.��� Falkovitsh & Bidzilya 2009: 82 Type material examined. Lectotype, ♂, [Kyrgyzstan], Alai Mts. (MGAB). Paralectotypes, ♂♂, same data as lectotype (MGAB). Additional material examined. Kyrgyzstan: 1♂, Tian-Shan, Mts. Suusamyr-Too, loc. Tshytshkan, alt. 1650 m, 3.vii.1999, lum (E. V. Rutjan) (gen. slide 168/ 18♂, O. Bidzilya) (ZMKU). Uzbekistan: 3♂, 2♀, Ajakguzhumdy, 40 km O Dzhingildy, Kyzylkum, 15.v.1976 (M. I. Falkovitsh); 3♂, 3♀, same data but 14,17, 18.v.1967.; 2♂, Kyzylkum desert, Kul���dzhuktau Mts., 30.iv, 1.v.1967 (M. I. Falkovitsh). 1♂, Kyzylkum desert, Zhamansai, 4.v.1967 (M. I. Falkovitsh) (all ZIN). Turkmenistan: 3♂, 4 ♀, Badkhyz, 25.iv.1958 (gen. slide 167/ 18, O. Bidzilya) (ZMKU). 2♂, 2♀, Badkhyz, Eroilanduz lake, 26.iv.1982, at light (V. I. Pechen) (gen. slide 165/ 18, 167/18, O. Bidzilya) (ZMKU). Redescription. Adult (Figs. 13���14). Wingspan 11.0���15.5 mm. Head and thorax white to light grey. Labial palpi upcurved, segment II white mixed with brown, apex and inner surface white, with brush of very long hair-like scales beneath, segment III white mottled with brown, as long as segment II, very thin, acute (Fig. 9). Scape brown, flagellum brown with white rings. Thorax greyish brown. Forewing comparatively narrow, apex rounded, evenly covered with white grey to brown-tipped scales, long brown streak in middle, shorter single or paired brown streak mixed with ochreous on 2/3 length in mid-width, short brown blotch in half length close to dorsal margin, fold brown, suffused with orange-ochreous, one to three blackish-brown lines in corner of cell, white oblique streak from 2/3 of costal margin to mid-width, apex with black spot edged with light brown from below, fringes white, brown-tipped. Hindwing grey to brown, fringes of same shade. Variation. In some specimens costal 1/3 almost entirely white with less distinct brown pattern, brown medial streaks nearly merged. Male genitalia (Fig. 36). Uncus subrectangular in basal half, narrowed apically, posterior margin with narrow medial incision. Gnathos hook-shaped, curved at right angle before middle, distal portion of uniform width, apex pointed. Tegumen narrow with triangular anteromedial invagination extending to its 1/3 length. Valvae weakly Sshaped, narrow in basal half, distal portion gradually broadened, apex rounded, extending to half length of uncus. The valvella thin, as broad as basal half of valva, straight, aproximately 1/3 length of valva. Vinculum narrow, band-shaped. Ventral sclerite twice as long as broad, extending to middle of valva, densely spinosed in distal 1/3. Saccus subtriangular, apex rounded, slightly extending beyond top of pedunculus. Aedeagus straight, as long as tegumen, weakly broadened in 1/3 length, slightly constricted before subquadrangular apex. Female genitalia (Figs. 37���38). Papillae anales subovate. Apophyses posteriores very thin, about twice as long as ductus and corpus bursae, apophyses anteriores aproximately half as long as apophyses posteriores. Segment VIII weakly sclerotized, three times as long as broad. Antrum slightly shorter than segment VIII, cylindrical, anteriorly weakly narrowed, with paired lateral sclerites. Ductus bursae membranous, two to three times narrower than antrum, slightly expanding toward bursa copulatrix, only sightly longer than antrum. Bursa copulatrix oval, as long as ductus bursae. Signum a narrow sub-hexagonal plate about �� length of bursae copulatrix, medial ridge narrow, anterior and posterior lobes long and narrow, laterally dentated. Diagnosis. Sophronia. alaicella can be separated superficially from the externally somewhat similar S. illustrella, S. gelidella, and S. salaganella by the comparatively narrow forewing with a rounded, rather than pointed, apex. The short sacculus and comparatively short and broad aedeagus are chracateristic for the male genitalia. The female genitalia are defined by very long and narrow lobes of signum and presence of paired sclerites in the antrum. Biology. Early stages unknown. Adults have been recorded from late April to mid-May in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and in early July in Kyrgyzstan. Distribution. SE Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (Falkovitsh & Bidzilya 2009: 82). Remarks. Sophronia alaicella was described on the basis of five males and two females collected in Alai mountains, most probably in Kyrgyzstan (the country is not stated either on the labels or original decription (cf. Caradja 1920: 116). We examined the type series (three males) and additional material from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and the deserts of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan., Published as part of ��umpich, Jan, Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Ponomarenko, Margarita G., 2019, Sophronia salaganella sp. n. from the Russian Altai and new data on Palaearctic Sophronia H��bner, [1825] species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), pp. 348-360 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on pages 353-359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2629750, {"references":["Caradja, A. (1920) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Makrolepidopteren des palaarktischen Faunengebietes nebst Beschreibung neuer Formen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift \" Iris \", 34, 75 - 179.","Falkovitsh, M. I. & Bidzilya, O. V. (2009) A list of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Southern Kyzylkum. Proceedings of Zoological Museum Kiev Taras Shevchenko National University, 5, 65 - 98."]}

Sophronia orientalis Li et Zheng, 1998 (Figs 8, 23���35) = iciculata Omelko, 1999, syn. n. Type material examined. Holotype of orientalis, ♂: China: Mt. Xinjia, Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 10.vii.1988, gen. slide No. 89097 (Houhun Li) (NKU). Paratype, ♂, same data as holotype (NKU). Additional material examined. Russia, Primorsky krai: 2 ♂♂, Ussuriysk district, 20 km SE Ussuriysk, Gornotaezhnoe, 26.vii.1994, gen. slides M. Ponomarenko Nos 130 (♂), 131 (♂). 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Khasansk district, 14 km SW Slavyanka, Ryazanovka, 19.vii.1992, 21.vii.1997, 18.viii.1997, 19.vii.2008, gen. slides M. Ponomarenko Nos 129 (♂), 132 (♂), 133 (♀), 134 (♂). 1 ♂, 22 km SW Slavyanka, Gamov Peninsula, Lev Cape, 26.vii.1997 (all M. Ponomarenko) (FSCB). Redescription. Adult (Figs. 23���26). Wingspan 11���15 mm. Head light grey; labial palpi mainly light grey, curved upwards, twice as long as the head; basal segment light grey, half as long as second. Second segment with trapezoid patch of hair-like scales, on outer side with two dark brown transverse streaks at the base and before apex, on inner side with one dark brown transverse streak before apex; dorsal edge of segment light grey basally and whitish distally. Third segment of labial palpus longer than second, with dark brown ring at middle and brown apex (Fig. 8). Antennae with scape and basal 1/4 of flagellum dark brown dorsally and light grey ventrally; distal 3/ 4 of flagellum with alternate light grey and dark grey rings. Thorax concolorous with the head. Forelegs and middle legs mainly dark grey on outer side with light grey ring at the apices of femur, tibia and each tarsomere; both pairs of legs whitish on the inner side; spurs dark grey. Hindlegs light grey with scattered dark scales on femur and tibia; each tarsomere dark grey with white apical ring; spurs dark grey. Forewings narrow, lanceolate, with tapered falcate apex. Ground colour grey with scattered dark grey scales; pattern formed by longitudinal dark brown, orange and white streaks and lines, including a narrow, dark brown band along median line about 1/3 wing length and a white, wedge-shaped narrow line on distal half of wing, plus three, parallel, short white streaks abutting termen. Fringe light grey with dark brown middle band and concolorous edge. Hindwings unicolourous, grey brown, fringe concolourous with light grey middle. Male genitalia (Figs. 28���29, 33���35). Uncus slightly narrowed distally, with a row of long setae along posterior edge except for middle part with V-shaped incision. Tegumen deeply hollowed on sides at 3/4 distally, with strong transverse posterior sclerotization and with deep triangular cut between widened anterolateral parts. Gnathos hook-like, curved at about 1/3 basally. Cucullus slender with clavate distal part. Valvella digitate, about half as long as cucullus. Sacculus and juxta ankylosed into semisclerotised setaceous tube joining with vinculum and surrounding aedeagus. Saccus wide and flat-topped. Aedeagus with basal half 4 times thicker than distal half, with toothed ventral plate just beyond the middle. Female genitalia (Figs. 30���32). Papilla analis ovoid, with rounded sclerotization at base; ovipositor telescopic, intersegmental membrane between IX and VIII about 2/3 length of apophyses posteriores. Segment VIII membranous ventrally. Ostium on level of anterior margin of segment VIII. Antrum cup-shaped, wider than 1/ 2 width of segment VIII, narrowed before ring-like cingulum. Ductus bursae narrow, membranous, longer than corpus bursae, ductus seminalis junction at 2/3 distally. Corpus bursae ovoid, about 3/5 as long as ductus bursae; signum large, about 1/3 of bursae copulatrix width, in posterior half of corpus bursae. Diagnosis. Sophronia orientalis is similar to S. illustrella in forewing pattern and genitalia of both sexes. In the male genitalia it can be distinguished by the relatively longer aedeagus, which is slightly longer that the total length of the uncus plus the tegumen, with a narrow distal half and a tube-like apex; in the female genitalia the cup-shaped antrum is diagnostic. In S. illustrella the aedeagus is shorter than the uncus plus the tegumen, wider in the distal part and with a different shaped apex, whilst the female antrum is goblet-shaped. Distribution. Russia (Far East: Primorsky krai), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), China (Gansu, Shaanxi) (Li & Zheng 1998; Omelko 1999; Li 2002; Park & Ponomarenko 2007; Ponomarenko 2008, 2016; Sakamaki & Ueda 2013). Remarks. Sophronia orientalis was described from seven specimens collected in Shaanxi and Qinghai Provinces, China (Li & Zheng 1998: 309). Sophronia iciculata was described from 11 males and 19 females collected in Primorsky krai of the Russian Far East (Omelko 1999: 169). The comparison of adults and the male genitalia of specimens collected in type locality of S. iciculata with photographs of the holotype of S. orientalis allows us to establish S. iciculata Omelko, 1999 as a junior synonym of S. orientalis Li & Zheng, 1998. The pattern of the forewing and the male genitalia in ventral aspect of both species are almost identical. Small diferences in the male genitalia are seen in the length of the valvella, which is slightly longer in specimens from Far Eastern population, and in the size of the saccus, which is wider in Chinese population; these represent intraspecific variability. Genitalia of Japanese specimens were not studied., Published as part of ��umpich, Jan, Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Ponomarenko, Margarita G., 2019, Sophronia salaganella sp. n. from the Russian Altai and new data on Palaearctic Sophronia H��bner, [1825] species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), pp. 348-360 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on pages 351-352, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2629750, {"references":["Li, H. & Zheng, Z. (1998) Two new species of the genus Sophronia Hubner from China (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 3, 306 - 309.","Omelko, M. M. (1999) 41. Fam. Gelechiidae. In: Ler, P. A. (Ed.), Key to the Insects of the Far East of the USSR. Fol. 5. Trichoptera and Lepidoptera. Part 2, Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 102 - 194.","Li, H. (2002) The Gelechiidae of China (I) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Nankai University Press, Tianjin, 538 pp.","Park, K. T. & Ponomarenko, M. G. 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Sophronia salaganella Šumpich et Bidzilya, sp. n. (Figs. 1–7, 17–22) Type material. Holotype ♀: ‘ Russia, Altai Republic | Kosh-Agach Distr. | Kurai env. (15 km SW) | Dzhangyskol lake (or | SALAGANA lake) | 50°10’49’’N; 87°44’19’’E | coniferous forest/steppe | 24.–25.vi. 2015, 1830 m | Jan Šumpich leg.’ | ‘ Photo / | Gen. prep. | J. Šumpich | 18/419 ’ | ‘ HOLOTYPUS ♀ | Sophronia salaganella | Šumpich & Bidzilya, 2018’ [red label] (NMPC). Paratypes: Russia, Altai Mts. 4♂♂, 2♀♀, the same data as holotype. 1♂, 1♀, Aktash village, 50°19’12’’N, 87°36’00’’E, grassy steppe, rocks, 1400 m, 11.vii.2014 (J. Šumpich) (gen. prep. 18425 ♀, Jan Šumpich); 1♂, 1♀, the same locality, but 21.vi.2015 (J. Šumpich) (gen. prep. 18424 ♂, J. Šumpich). 1♂, 1♀, Belyashi (Dzhazator) environs (25 km NW), confluence of Argut and Karagem rivers, 49°51'56"N, 87°10'22"E, 1400 m, rocky steppe, 27.–28.vii.2017 (J. Šumpich). 1♂, Shebalino distr., 8 km W of Cherga, rocky slopes, steppe, 580 m, 7.vii.2015 (J. Šumpich) (all NMPC). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet near Aktash, Jarly-Jary upper stream, mountain tundra, 2600 m, 8.vii.1976 (Yu. A. Kostjuk) (gen. slide 164/18, O. Bidzilya). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet near Aktash, Jarly-Jary middle stream, south mix-grass steppe slope, 2400 m, 5.vii.1976 (Yu. A. Kostjuk). 4♂♂, Kosh-Agatch distr., Ukok plateau, 11, 20, 22.vii.2001, 2200 m (O. Bidzilya). 4♂♂, Kosh-Agatch distr., Tjurgun river near Tchuja road, 1500 m, 7.vii.2001, on light (O. Bidzilya). 1♀, 15 km S Ongudai, 1200 m, 50°40’N, 86°16’E, 7–8.vii.1997 (P. Ustjuzhanin) (gen. slide 59/17, O. Bidzilya) (all ZMKU). 1♀, Ulagan distr., 11 km NNW of Aktash, 1 900 m, 28– 30.vii.2016 (P. Huemer, B. Wiesmair). 1♀, Ulagan distr., 10 km NE of Aktash, Kurai Mountains Range, between the rivers Korumdyajry and Yarlyamry, 2150 m, 7.viii.2016 (P. Huemer, B. Wiesmair) (all TLMF). 1♂, Kuraiskiy khrebet, 50°16‒20’N 87°50‒55’E, 2400‒2800 m, 7.vii.2001 (K. Nupponen); 1♀, the same locality, but 8.vii.2001 (K. Nupponen). 1♂, Kuraiskaya steppe, 50°14–16’N, 87°50–55’E, 1500–1700 m, 13.vii.2001 (genitalia slide K. Nupponen 1/ 1.i.2002) (K. Nupponen) (all NUPP). [Buryatia], East Sayan Mts., 1♂, Mondy village (2 km E), 51°47–48’N 100°55–58’E, forest steppe, 1450 m, 13.vi.2002 (K. Nupponen) (NUPP). Description. Adult (Figs. 1–7). Wingspan 18–19 mm in male, 16–18 mm in female. Head and thorax whitish brown, slightly lighter than general coloration of forewings. Labial palpi slightly curved, segment 2 very broad, fan-shaped, both inner and outer sides chocolate brown, upper edge closer to frons whitish. Segment 3 long, almost straight, pointed, slightly longer than the segment 2, upper surface white, under surface side brown. Antennae dark brown dorsally, whitish ventrally throughout. Forewings narrow, strongly curved at the apex. Forewing in basal and distal parts with a comparatively short longitudinal streak, two pairs of short thicker streaks (less visible on dark specimens) in middle. Coloration in area from base to middle of costa as well as tornal area whitish. Forewings of fresh and lighter specimens suffused by orange-ochreous scales; in distal part two distinct light arrow-shaped lines, and one, sometimes two, short lines along sickle-like curve; between them, and perpendicularly to them, two very short whitish streaks, mostly visible also in dark specimens. Hindwings unicolourous, grey to grey-brown, fringes concolourous. Sexual dimorphism is imperceptible, females are slightly smaller, and the forewings are weakly narrower. Dark brown coloration varies considerably: sometimes considerably reduced, whereas some specimens of both sexes entirely dark brown, with only light arrow-shaped subapical lines visible (Figs. 3–6). Male genitalia (Figs. 17–20). Uncus subrectangular, twice as long as broad, posterior margin with narrow triangular medial emargination. Gnathos strongly curved in middle, relatively uniform in width, apex pointed. Tegumen subrectangular, two to three times longer than broad, weakly constricted beyond mid-length, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/4–1/3 length of tegumen. Cucullus narrow, broadened in distal 1/3, apex rounded, slightly extending half length of uncus. Valvella straight, about twice as short as the length of cucullus. Vinculum very narrow, band-shaped. Juxta and sacculus form setaceous tube surrounding aedeagus. Saccus subrectangular, twice as long as than broad, slightly extending beyond top of pedunculus. Aedeagus longer than tegumen and uncus, straight, nearly uninform in width, with a small subapical hook. Female genitalia (Figs. 21–22). Papillae anales broad, round. Apophyses posteriores long, apophyses anteriores aproximately one third length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum long, slightly tapering anteriorly (funnel-shaped), sclerotized. Ductus bursae membranous, narrow, slightly expanding toward to bursa copulatrix, only slightly longer than antrum. Bursa copulatrix symmetricaly oval, same length as antrum and ductus bursae combined. Signum in shape of a longer broad plate with irregular edges with darkly sclerotized ends. Diagnosis. In habitus, S. salaganella is most similar to S. illustrella (Figs. 11–12), but S. illustrella lacks the two short whitish streaks at the point where the bend of the apex begins. Additionally, the suffusion of the forewings is mostly whitish in S. salaganella and ochreous, sometimes reddish, in S. illustrella. In the male genitalia, the aedeagus is shorter and stouter in S. illustrella; in the female genitalia the shape of the signum distinguishes the species. Sophronia salaganella also resembles S. orientalis (Figs 23–26), but the latter is comparatively smaller with a wingspan of 11.5–15.0 mm (cf. Park & Ponomarenko 2007), the longitudinal streaks in the proximal and distal areas of the forewings are longer and more distinct, and the two pairs of short streaks in the middle of wing are usually absent. The suffusion of the forewings is mostly reddish in S. orientalis and whitish in S. salaganella. In the male genitalia, the aedeagus is narrower, slightly curved and just beyond the middle with a toothed lobe-like ventral process in S. orientalis, but straight and without a toothed plate in S. salaganella. Females are easily distinguished by the signum shape: its middle part is oval in S. orientalis and rectangular in S. salaganella. Sophronia salaganella cannot be confused with S. alaicella (Figs 13–14) which has narrower forewings, with a less arcuate apex and with all longitudinal streaks practically absent. Sophronia salaganella can be distinguished from S. gelidella (Figs 15–16) by the following: S. gelidella lacks the longitudinal streak in the distal area of forewings; in the male genitalia the aedeagus is distally curved and with a subapical, dentiform process (not present in S. salaganella); and in the female genitalia the signum is markedly larger in S. gelidella (its length is about half as long as the bursa copulatrix, whereas about one-fourth as long in S. salaganella). For a more detailed comparison, along with photographs of the genitalia of both sexes, see Landry et al. (2013: 24, 28). Distribution. Russia: Altai Republic, Buryatia. Bionomics. Early stages unknown. Adults have been found from late June to late July at altitudes between 1200 m and 2600 m on rocky steppe, in mountains tundra, and in mixed-grass steppe in Altai Mountains (Fig. 10). Etymology. The species is named after the local name of the mountain lake Salagana near Kurai village in the Altai Mts, which is located near the type locality of the new species. This lake is better known on some maps as Dzhangyskol lake.

Sophronia illustrella (H��bner, 1796) Materal examined. 1♂, Russia, Dagestan, 8.vi.1933 (M. A. Rjabov) (gen. slide 241/18, O. Bidzilya) (ZIN). Distribution. Central Europe, Balkan peninsula, Italy (Karsholt 2013), Turkey (Kemal & Ko��ak (2018: 5), Russia (Dagestan). Remark. New species for Russia., Published as part of ��umpich, Jan, Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Ponomarenko, Margarita G., 2019, Sophronia salaganella sp. n. from the Russian Altai and new data on Palaearctic Sophronia H��bner, [1825] species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), pp. 348-360 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on page 352, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2629750, {"references":["Kemal, M. & Kocak, A. O. (2018) New information on some Heterocera families in Turkey (Lepidoptera). Miscellaneous papers. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, 176, 1 - 38."]}