Scrobipalpa salinella (Zeller, 1847)

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 : 50

Scrobipalpa salinella (Zeller, 1847)

Ajat River 4.VII.1997, 24.VII.1998 ; Arkaim 14–19.VI.1996, 23.VII.1998 ; Bajmak 17. VI.1998; Berlin 30.VI– 2.VI.1997; Burannoe 3.VII.2003, 29.V.2004 ; Chalk Hills 3–7. VI., 17–18.VII.1998, 11.VI.2001, 29.VI.2003, 25–27.V.2004, 3–5.VIII.2005 ; Guberlja 9. VIII.2005; Kuvandyk 20. VII.1998; Miass 26–27. VI.1997; Moskovo 18. VI.1998; Novoiletzk 9. VI.1998; Sanarskii bor 26. VII.1998; Stepnoe 30. VII.2005; Tavatui 29. VII.1998; Verbljushka 30. V –2. VI., 14.VII.1998, 28.VII.2000, 27.VII.2002, 27–28.VI.2003, 31.VII.2005 . A total of 145 exx. Genitalia slides: Hendriksen :2931, 2932, 2934, 2935, 5452, 5453 .

Distribution. Locally distributed in Europe along coast and inland halophytic habitats, eastwards through C Asia to Mongolia; N Africa ( Povolný 2002). A male labled “ Russia, Altaisky Kray, 53°20’N 84°10’E, 30 km E Barnaul, Losiha river, 17.VII.2001, K. Nupponen leg.” represents the first record of S. salinella from Siberia.

Remarks. The population in the southern Urals belong to spp. salicorniae (E. Hering, 1889), which is otherwise distributed along coasts of northern Europe and in halophytic inland localities in Central Europe.