Acalyptris auratilis Puplesis & Diškus, 2003: 219 Documenting new and little known leaf-mining Nepticulidae from middle and southwestern areas of the Asian continent Stonis, Jonas R. Remeikis, Andrius Diškus, Arūnas Navickaitė, Asta Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-20 4881 3 401 452 8SLK Puplesis & Diskus, 2003 Puplesis & Diskus 2003 [151,689,690,717] Insecta Nepticulidae Acalyptris Animalia Lepidoptera 24 425 Arthropoda species auratilis  ( Figs 84, 215–223)      Acalyptris auratilis Puplesis & Diškus, 2003: 219, 220.   Material examined.  3 ♂( holotypeand paratypes), Nepal,  70 kmW of Kathmandu, Baikunthapuri, subtropical montane forest, 19,  20.iv.1995, R.  Puplesis, genitalia slide nos AD0378 ( holotype), AD0379 ( paratype) ( ZIN, also see Remarks);  1 ♂, India, Uttarakhand, Dehradun Distr., Rishikesh, 30°08’13”N, 78°19’55”E, elevation ca.  450 m, at light,  09.viii.2010, A. Šimkevičiūtė, genitalia slide no. AG127 ( ZIN).   Diagnosis.This species belongs to the  Acalyptris platanispecies group.  Acalyptris auratilisis the most similar and probably closely related to the Himalayan  A. melanospila( Meyrick, 1934),  A. nigripexus Puplesis & Diškus, 2003, and  A. brunipexus  sp. nov.(described above). Externally, males of  A. auratilisdiffer from similar species of the  A. platanigroup in the absence of androconia ( Fig. 84) (  A. melanospilahas a basal patch of white androconia,  A. nigripexusis with distinctly black androconia, and  A. brunipexuspossesses pale brown androconia of the hindwing). Internally, in the male genitalia, the combination of unique-shaped ventral carinae ( Figs 221, 222), a large dor-sal lobe of phallus ( Fig. 217), a long, slender pseuduncus ( Fig. 220), small, scale-like cornuti in the phallus ( Figs 217, 223), and the unique shape of the proximal lobe of vinculum ( Figs 215, 219) distinguishes this species from the most similar  A. melanospila,  A. nigripexus, and  A. brunipexus.  Male( Fig. 84). Forewing length 2.0– 2.1 mm; wingspan 4.4–4.6 mm(n = 4). Described and illustrated by Puplesis & Diškus, 2003: 219, 220: figs 424, 480–483, 488, 491, 494.  Female. Unknown.  Bionomics. Host plant is unknown. Adults were collected at light in April and August. Otherwise, biology is unknown.   Distribution.Known from the subtropical forest of the western Himalaya: 70 kmW of Kathmandu ( Fig. 1: cHi) and Uttarakhand, Rishikesh ( Fig. 1: wHi) ( new distribution).   Remarks.We provide the first photographic documentation of the male genitalia ( Figs 217–221, 223), for the first time report on new distribution of the species in India( Figs 215, 216). Additionally, the holotypeand two paratypes, earlier deposited at LEU (formerly abbreviated as VPU) will be transferred to ZIN (see Material examined) because of the LEU closure. 2985231361 1995-04-20 R Nepal Baikunthapuri 24 425 3 3 holotype 2985231331 ZIN Puplesis Nepal 24 425 2 holotype 2985231355 2010-08-09 ZIN A. Simkeviciute India 450 30.136944 Rishikesh 20 78.33194 Dehradun Distr. 24 425 1 1 Uttarakhand holotype