Elachista contaminatella Zeller, 1847

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, KRASNODARSKII KR.[AI] TAMANSKII P-OV. (TAMAN PENINSULA), GORA (MOUNTAIN) LYSAYA, bereg limana (coast of firth) Tsokur, 13.vii.2003, V. Shchurov leg. Gen. prep. VS455, 457; 1♂, Krasnodarskii KR.[AI] TAMANSKII P-OV. (TAMAN PENINSULA), OKR.[ESNOSTI] (ENVIRONS) S.[ELA] (VILLAGE) VESELOVKA, BEREG LIMANA (COAST of firth) Tsokur, 16.v.2003, V. Shchurov leg. Gen. prep. VS456; 1♂, Azerb.[aijan], Khachmasskii r-n (district), S.[ELO] (VILLAGE) KUSARCHAY, 03.VI.1964, ZAGULYAEV LEG. GEN. PREP. VS369 (ZIN).

Distribution. CANARY ISLANDS (KLIMESH 1990), SOUTH EUROPE (PARENTI 1996), SOUTHERN URAL MOUNTAINS (KAILA et al. 2003), TURKMENISTAN (SRUOGA 1990, AS Biselachista spinigera SRUOGA, 1990).

Remarks. THIS SPECIES IS NEW TO CAUCASUS.