Neofriseria mongolinella Piskunov, 1987

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 mongolinella Piskunov, 1987 stat. rev.

Figs. 41–44

(= Neofriseria sceptrophora auct.)

Chalk Hills 03–07.VI.1998, 21–22.VI.1999, 31.VII.2000, 30–31.VIII.2000, 10–11.VI.2001, 29.VI– 02.VII.2003, 25–28.V.2004, 20–22.VIII.2006; Verbljushka 30.V–02.VI.1998, 10–12.VI.1998, 14– 15.VII.1998, 13–14.V.1999, 17–19.VI.1999, 27–29.VII.2000, 27.VIII.2000, 10.IX.2002, 28.VI.2003, 30.V– 01.VI.2004. A total of 194 exx. Genitalia slides: K. Nupponen prep. no. 1/ 24.XI.2008 (♂), 2/ 24.XI.2008 (♀).

Distribution. Russia (S Ural), Siberia (Tuva), Mongolia.

Remarks. This species is new to Europe. Piskunov (1987) erroneously considered Neofriseria mongolinella Piskunov, 1987 as a junior synonym of N. sceptrophora (Meyrick, 1926) from Turkey and Afghanistan, regarding it a subspecies of the latter. There are, however, clear differences in the wing pattern and genitalia between the two species.