LEPIDOPTERA, Linnaeus, 1758

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Dubatolov, V. V. & Streltzov, A. N., 2021, FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS NIPPOPTILIA MATSUMURA (LEPIDOPTERA: PTEROPHORIDAE) FROM RUSSIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 438, pp. 13-15 : 13

( LEPIDOPTERA : PTEROPHORIDAE ) FROM RUSSIA

P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin 1,2*), V. N. Kovtunovich 3), V. V. Dubatolov 4,5), A. N. Streltzov 6)

1) Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. *Corresponding author,

E-mail: [e-mail]

2) Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt 36, Tomsk 634050,

Russia.

3) Moscow Society of Nature Explorers , Bolshaya Nikitskaya 2 , Moscow, RU –125009 ,

Russia.E-mail: [e-mail]

4) Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. E-mail: [e-mail]

5) Federal State Institution "Zapovednoe Priamurye”, Bychikha village, Yubileinaya str.

8, Khabarovskii Raion, Khabarovskii Krai,680502, Russia.

6) Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Moika Emb. 4., Saint-Petersburg,

191186, Russia. E-mail: [e-mail]

Summary. A plume moth Nippoptilia regula (Meyrick, 1906) is found in the southern part of Primorsky krai. The specimens examined are characterized by typical for this species wing pattern, male and female genitalia. The genus Nippoptilia Matsumura 1931 is recorded from Russia for the first time.