Elegia atrifasciella Ragonot, 1887

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2023, New data on the fauna of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Dagestan (Russia), Zootaxa 5254 (3), pp. 340-356 : 342

Elegia atrifasciella Ragonot, 1887

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♁, Talgi , 17.v.2022; 1 ♀ , Talgi , 27.v.2022; 1 ♀ , Talgi , 14.vi.2022; 1 ♀ , Sirtych , 5.v.2022 ; 3 ♁, Volgograd Province, NW env. of khutor Vyezdinskiy, 18.v.2018 .

Remarks. In Dagestan, larval hostplant is Quercus pubescens .

Distribution. The south of Europe, Middle East, Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan), Transcaucasia, South Urals, West Kazakhstan (northern part) ( Kuznetzov & Martynova 1954; Slamka 2019; Alipanah & Slamka 2021; Yepishin et al. 2021; Sinev et al. 2022; Trofimova & Anikin 2022).

Pempeliella sororiella ( Zeller, 1839) *

Material examined. Russia: 1 ♁, Chirkei , 2.v.2022 ; 2 ♁, 2 ♀, Chirkei , 21, 22.v.2022 ; 3 ♁, 5 km SW Chirkei , 28.v.2022 ; 2 ♁, Khoredzh , 12.vi.2022 ; 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Talgi , 14.vi.2022 .

Remarks. The reports of the species from Crimea ( Bidzilya et al. 2003; Budashkin 2014) actually refer to Pempeliella bulgarica Slamka & Plant, 2016 ( Yepishin et al. 2020). Dr. Yu. Budashkin (Feodosia, Russia) also confirmed the absence of P. sororiella in Crimea (pers. comm.). Therefore, the record of P. sororiella in Dagestan is the first-time record for Russia.

Distribution. Morocco, South Europe, Northeast Caucasus (Dagestan), Turkey, Lebanon, Iran ( Slamka 2019).