Elachista adelpha Kaila & Jalava, 1994

Sruoga, Virginijus, Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Rocienė, Agnė, 2017, The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of Caucasus, with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4338 (2), pp. 241-262 : 254-255

Elachista adelpha Kaila & Jalava, 1994

Material examined. 1♂, S.[EVERO]-Z.[APADNYI] (NORTH-WESTERN) KAVKAZ (CAUCASUS), KGPZ (CAUCASIAN STATE NATURE BIOSPHERE RESERVE), KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIYA, DOL.[INA] (VALLEY) R.[EKI] (RIVER) IMERETINKA, H= 2000–2150 m, 09.vii.2005, V. Shchurov leg. Gen. prep. VS443; Kabardino-Balkariya: 1♂, Nalchik, les (forest) 700 m, Malaya Kizilovka , 23.v.1988. Gen. prep. VS354 ; 1♂, Zapov. [ednik] (Nature Reserve) Verkh. [nyaya] Balkar. [iya], 27.v.1988. Gen. prep. VS353 ; 1♂, Golubye ozera, 900 m, 06.vi.1988. Gen. prep. VS356 ; 1♂, pos.[elok] (village) Elbrus , 1800 m, 02.vii.1989. Gen. prep. VS361; Zapovednik (Nature Reserve) Bezengi : 1♂, 17.vii.1989; 1♀, 19.vii.1989. Gen. prep. VS360; 7♂, 1♀, s.[elo] (village) Verkhnyaya Balkariya , 18.vi.1989. Gen. prep. VS359 ; 2♂, Abkhaziya (Abkhazia), Pskhu , 01.viii.1978, Zagulyaev leg. Gen. prep. VS358 ; 2♂, Gruzinskaya SSR ( Georgia), LAGODEKHSKII ZAP.[OVEDNIK] ( NATURE RESERVE) , 2200 M, 17.VI.1986, SINEV LEG. GEN. PREP. VS355, VS357 (ZIN).

Distribution. SO fAR THIS SPECIES IS KNOWN ONLY fROM THE CAUCASUS.

Remarks. E. adelpha WAS ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED fROM KABARDINO-BALKAR REPUBLIC Of RUSSIA ( KAILA & JALAVA 1994). THIS SPECIES IS NEW TO KARACHAY-CHERKESS REPUBLIC Of RUSSIA AND GEORGIA.