Klimeschia biarmatella Budashkin, 2003

Gaedike, Reinhard & Šumpich, Jan, 2017, Tinea altaica sp. nov. and new records of some small moths from the Russian Altai (Lepidoptera: Meessiidae, Tineidae, Douglasiidae, Epermeniidae, Glyphipterigidae: Acrolepiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1), pp. 259-273 : 268

Klimeschia biarmatella Budashkin, 2003

( Figs 25–31 )

Material examined. RUSSIA: ALTAI REPUBLIC: Kash-Agach District, Kurai env. (15 km SW), Dzhangyskol lake , 1830 m a.s.l., coniferous forest / steppe, 50°10′49″N, 87°44′19″E, 24.–25.vi.2015, 1 J (gen. prep. Gaedike 8953), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Ulagan village (45 km N), Chulyshman valley , 600 m a.s.l., 51°01′03″N, 88°00′39″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 27.–28.vi.2015, 1♀ (gen. prep. Gaedike 8944), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) ; Aktash village , 1400 m a.s.l., 50°19′12″N, 87°36′00″E, 11.vii.2014, 1 ♀, J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC) .

Description of the female ( Figs 25–27 ). Wingspan 8 mm. Forewings dark with bronze reflection, in middle divided by straight white line. Forewings of female slightly broader than in male, otherwise very similar to male.

Female genitalia ( Figs 28–31 ). Prolonged triangular, posteriorly truncated sclerite between anterior apophysae; posterior margin of sternite VIII with central protrusion; sterigma long, strongly sclerotized, covered with minute pointed thorns, posteriorly ending in three pointed tips; ductus bursae posterior of corpus bursae with some minute thorns; signum formed by approximately 25 narrow needle-shaped cornuti of various lengths radiating from rounded base, as characteristic for the family.

Distribution. The species was described from Kazakhstan. Here, we present the first records in addition to the holotype (male). New species for Russia.

Figures

Figs 25–31.Klimeschia biarmatella Budashkin, 2003.25–27 – habitus:25 – Kurai env., Dshangyskol lake,J, 9 mm; 26 – Chulyshman valley, ♀, 8 mm; 27 – Aktash, ♀, 8 mm. 28–31 – female genitalia: 28 – general view; 29 – detail of ductus bursae above corpus bursae; 30 – detail of sterigma; 31 – detail of signum.