Ephysteris sp.

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 : 51

Ephysteris sp.

Chalk Hills 03–07.VI.1998, 22.VI.1999, 29.VI–01.VII.2003, 28.V.2004; Guberlja 25–26.VI.2003; Kidriasovo 28–29.V.1998, 16.VI.1999; Kizilskoye 27–28.V.1998; Kuvandyk 19.VII.1998; Moskovo 19.VII.1997, 26.V.1998; 18–19.VI.1998, 11.VII.1998 ; Verbljushka 30. V –02. VI., 10–12.VI.1998, 17.VI.1999, 29.VII.2000, 28.VI.2003 ; Zesnokovka 09.VI.2001. A total of 62 specimens. Genitalia slide: Hendriksen: 2924, 2925,4069; Huemer 01/1095, 01/1096.

Distribution. Russia (S Ural).

Remarks. The population occurring in the S Urals is similar to E. diminutella (Zeller, 1847) as understood by Povolny (2002) and E. foulonsensis Povolný, 1981 . E. diminutella was described from Sicily, and specimens from there are larger, with more brownish (less greyish) forewings with a rather distinct, yellowish basal part, when compared with specimens from the S Urals. Differences in the genitalia are small, but this is also the case with several other Ephysteris species occurring in Europe. E. foulonensis is known from France and N Italy. The taxonomy of this group will be treated by Huemer & Karsholt (in prep.).