Diplodoma laichartingella (Goeze, 1783)

Volkova, Julia S., Prozorov, Alexey M., Kryuchkov, Sergey N., Pavlov, Pavel O., Yakovlev, Roman V. & Anikin, Vasilii V., 2022, Fauna of Psychidae (Lepidoptera) of the Ulyanovsk Oblast (Middle Volga, Russia), Ecologica Montenegrina 58, pp. 109-121 : 114

5. Diplodoma laichartingella (Goeze, 1783)

( Figs 12 , 34 )

Material: ♂, Surskoe District , Bolshoi Kuvai, 54.620761N, 47.096874E, 9.VII.2003, leg. S. V.Nedoshivina ( Fig. 48 , site 3) .

Biology. Inhabits mixed and deciduous forests. Caterpillars feed on mosses, lichens, mushrooms, and sometimes on dead insects in case of starvation. They are found on old tree trunks, crevices in walls and rocks. Adults occur from May to August. They are active from late night to early morning, sometimes attracted by light.

Distribution in Russia. Recorded from the Karelian, European Northwest, European Central, Middle Volga, Volga-Don, Western Caucasian, Northern Ural Regions and Krasnoyarsk Oblast (Sinev & Lovtsova 2009). In the Volga Region, it is known from Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, and Ulyanovsk Oblasts ( Anikin et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 48. Collecting sites of Psychidae in the Ulyanovsk Oblast, for details visit https://bit.ly/3DIsqbL. 1–3. Surskoe District. 1. Village Surskoe. 2. Environs of the village Lava. 3. Bolshoi Kuvai. 4–5. Ulyanovsk District. 4. Environs of the village Arskoe. 5. Ulyanovsk city. 6. Staraya Maina District, environs of the village Verkhnyaya Matrosovka, biologic station of UlSPU. 7. Inza District, Yulovo. 8. Veshkayma District, village Beketovka, steppe. 9. Mayna District, village Kryukovka. 10–12. Nikolaevka District. 10. Lake Svetloe. 11. Environs of the village Praskovyino. 12. Kuroedovo. 13. Novospasskoe District, environs of the village Surulovka. 14–18. Radishchevo District. 14. Village Solovchikha. 15. Village Srednikovo. 16. Station Ryabina. 17. Vyazovka. 18. River Dalnyaya Chernava. One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, two (**) for the Middle Volga Region, and three (***) for Russia.

Figures 4–29. Male adults of Psychidae. 4–11. Dahlica spp. 4–5. D. charlottae. 4. MfNB. 5. MWM/ZSM. 6– 7. D. clathrella (MWM/ZSM). 8–9. D. lichenella. 8. MfNB. 9. MWM/ZSM 10–11. D. triquetrella. 10. MfNB. 11. MWM/ZSM. 12. Diplodoma laichartingella (MfNB). 13. Narycia duplicella (MfNB). 14–17. Taleporia spp. 14–15. T. politella. 14. MfNB. 15. ZISP. 16. T. tubulosa (MWM/ZSM). 17–18. Psyche spp. 17. P. betulina (MWM/ZSM). 18. P. casta (MfNB). 19. Epichnopterix plumella. 20. Rebelia nocturnella (MfNB). 21. Reisseronia staudingeri (ZISP). 22. Apterona helicoidella (MfNB). 23. Ptilocephala plumifera (MfNB). 24. Acanthopsyche atra (MfNB). 25. Canephora hirsuta (MfNB). 26–27. Megalophanes spp. 26. M. graslinella (MWM/ZSM). 27. M. stetinensis (MWM/ZSM). 28. Pachythelia vilosella (ZISP). 29. Sterrhopterix fusca (MfNB). One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, two (**) for the Middle Volga Region, and three (***) for Russia.

Figures 30–47. Cases of Psychidae. 30–33. Dahlica. 30. D. charlottae (MWM/ZSM). 31. D. clathrella (MWM/ZSM). 32. D. lichenella (MWM/ZSM). 33. D. triquetrella (MWM/ZSM). 34. Diplodoma laichartingella (MfNB). 35. Narycia duplicella (MfNB). 36–37. Taleporia. 36. T. politella (ZISP). 37. T. tubulosa (UlSPU). 38–39. Psyche. 38. P. betulina (MWM/ZSM). 39. P. casta (MfNB). 40. Epichnopterix plumella (MfNB). 41. Acanthopsyche atra (MfNB). 42. Apterona helicoidella (UlSPU). 43. Canephora hirsuta (MfNB). 44. Megalophanes graslinella (UlSPU). 45. Megalophanes stetinensis (UlSPU). 46. Ptilocephala plumifera (MfNB). 47. Sterrhopterix fusca (MfNB). One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast and two (**) for the Middle Volga Region.