Chrysoestia falkovitshi Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 18

Chrysoestia falkovitshi Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989

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Chalk Hills 04.VI.1998 (1 ex.), 21.VI.1999 (1 ex.); Verbljushka 18.VI.1999 (1 ex.).

Distribution. Russia (S Ural), Mongolia, Ukraine. The taxon is also known from the Lower Volga region (K. Nupponen, unpublished). Not listed from Russia by Ponomarenko (2008).

Remarks. The species occurs in calcareous Artemisia steppes in the Volgo-Ural region. Recently reported as new to Europe from Ukraine (Crimea) ( Bidzilya & Budashkin 2009). This species is new to Russia.