Scythris mikkolai Sinev, 1993

Lou, Kang, You, Wanxue, Huang, Zhilin & Li, Houhun, 2018, Notes on scythridid moths in Habahu National Nature Reserves, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae), Zootaxa 4369 (3), pp. 349-362 : 353

Scythris mikkolai Sinev, 1993

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Scythris mikkolai Sinev, 1993: 54 . TL: Russia. TD: ZIRAS.

Material examined. Yanchi: 5♂, Liuyangpu, 1320 m, 21.vii.2013, slide No: LK16031♂, 23♂, 1♀, 11‒16.vi.2014, leg. Houhun Li et al., slide Nos: LK16048♂, LK17001♀, 10♂, 19‒28.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, slide Nos: LK16029♂, LK16034♂, LK16061♂; 2♂, Sandaochuan, Liuyangpu, 1311 m, 9‒10.ix.2016, leg. Kang Lou; 5♂, Shaquanwan, 1510 m, 23.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, slide No: LK16039♂, 8♂, 1503 m, 19‒28.viii.2016, leg. Kang Lou; 7♂, Huangjijuan, 1374 m, 17.vi.2014, leg. Houhun Li et al., 3♂, 14.vi‒19.viii.2014, net, 18♂, 26.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong; 5♂, Zhouzhuangzi, 1461 m, 14.vi.2014, 2♂, 1452 m, 24.vi.2016, leg. Houhun Li et al., 1♂, 25.viii.2014, net, 6♂, 25.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, 3♂, 1452 m, 4. viii.2 0 16, leg. Kang Lou, slide No: LK16060♂; 1♂, Gaoshawo, 1480 m, 25.vii.2013, 3♂, 15.vi.2014, leg. Houhun Li et al., 2♂, 24. viii.2 0 14, net, 3♂, 24.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong; 1♂, Xijingtan, 1343 m, 13.viii.2016, leg. Kang Lou; 7♂, Tongjijuan, 1332 m, 27.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, 1♂, 30.viii.2014, leg. Meiqing Yang & Peixin Cong, net, 12♂, 31.vii‒14.ix.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide No. LK16040♂; 6♂, Dongdui, 1468 m, 23‒25.viii.2016, leg. Kang Lou, slide No: LK16030♂.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Henan, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi), Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine (Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov 2017).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for China.

Figures

FIGURES 2‒9. Adults of Scythris spp. 2, S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 3, head of S. fustivalva sp. nov., paratype, ♂; 4, S. caballoides, ♂; 5, S. mikkolai, ♂; 6, S. buszkoi, ♂; 7, S. orientella, ♂; 8, S. pallidella, ♂; 9, S. sinevi, ♂ (Scale bars = 2.5mm except 3 = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 16‒19. Genitalia of Scythris mikkolai. 16, male genitalia, slide no. LK16048; 17, tergum VIII, 18, sternum VIII, slide no. LK16029; 19, female genitalia, slide no.LK17001 (Scale bars = 0.25 mm).