Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851

Material examined. KABARDINO-BALKARIYA: 6♂, ZAPOV.[EDNIK] (NATURE RESERVE) VERKH.[NYAYA] BALK.[ARIYA], 26.vii.1989, Gen. prep. VS376, VS378, VS379, VS436 ; 1♂, s.[elo] (village), Verkh.[nyaya] Balk.[ariya], 26.vii.1989; 1♂, s.[elo] (village), Verkh.[nyaya] Balk.[ariya], 17.vii.1989, Zagulyaev leg. Gen. prep. VS377 (ZIN).

Distribution. TRANSPALEARCTIC (SUGISIMA 2005). IN CAUCASUS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED fROM ITS NORTH-EASTERN PART (REPUBLIC Of DAGHESTAN, RUSSIA) (SINEV 2008).

Remarks. THIS SPECIES IS NEW TO KABARDINO-BALKAR REPUBLIC.