Neofriseria kuznetzovae Bidzilya, 2002

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 : 41

Neofriseria kuznetzovae Bidzilya, 2002

Fig. 45

Burannoe 12.VI.2001 (1♂); Stepnoe 30.VII.2005 (1♂); Verbljushka 10–12.VI.1998 (1♂), 28.VI.2003 (1♂). Genitalia slide: J. Junnilainen prep. no. 02012001. Two further genitalia preparations preserved in glycerol.

Distribution. E Europe: Moldova, Ukraine and Russia (S Ural). Outside Europe known from S Siberia (Altai, Tuva and Tomsk oblast) ( Bidzilya 2002c).

Remarks. The species has been misidentified as N. caucasiella until recently. The external appearance of the adult is illustrated here for the first time.