Pachythelia villosella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)

Volkova, Julia S., Prozorov, Alexey M., Kryuchkov, Sergey N., Pavlov, Pavel O., Yakovlev, Roman V. & Anikin, Vasilii V., 2022, Fauna of Psychidae (Lepidoptera) of the Ulyanovsk Oblast (Middle Volga, Russia), Ecologica Montenegrina 58, pp. 109-121 : 118

19. Pachythelia villosella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)

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Material: ♂, Inza District , Yulovo, 53.963394N, 46.477890E, 6.VII.1993, V. V. Zolotuhin ( Fig. 48 , site 7) .

Biology. Inhabits open areas: dry meadows, slopes, steppes, roadsides, marshes in the altitudes up to 2000 m above sea level. Polyphagous, found on herbaceous plants and heathers ( Ericaceae ). Cases with pupating females are found on tree trunks; cases with males remain on the ground, which makes them difficult to find. Adults occur from the end of April until early July, active from the afternoon until the evening, attracted by light.

Distribution in Russia. Recorded from almost everywhere, from the Republic of Karelian to South Ural Region ( Sinev & Lovtsova 2019). In the Volga Region, it is known from the Ulyanovsk, Saratov, and Volgograd Oblasts, the Republics of Tatarstan and Chuvashia ( Anikin et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 48. Collecting sites of Psychidae in the Ulyanovsk Oblast, for details visit https://bit.ly/3DIsqbL. 1–3. Surskoe District. 1. Village Surskoe. 2. Environs of the village Lava. 3. Bolshoi Kuvai. 4–5. Ulyanovsk District. 4. Environs of the village Arskoe. 5. Ulyanovsk city. 6. Staraya Maina District, environs of the village Verkhnyaya Matrosovka, biologic station of UlSPU. 7. Inza District, Yulovo. 8. Veshkayma District, village Beketovka, steppe. 9. Mayna District, village Kryukovka. 10–12. Nikolaevka District. 10. Lake Svetloe. 11. Environs of the village Praskovyino. 12. Kuroedovo. 13. Novospasskoe District, environs of the village Surulovka. 14–18. Radishchevo District. 14. Village Solovchikha. 15. Village Srednikovo. 16. Station Ryabina. 17. Vyazovka. 18. River Dalnyaya Chernava. One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, two (**) for the Middle Volga Region, and three (***) for Russia.

Figures 4–29. Male adults of Psychidae. 4–11. Dahlica spp. 4–5. D. charlottae. 4. MfNB. 5. MWM/ZSM. 6– 7. D. clathrella (MWM/ZSM). 8–9. D. lichenella. 8. MfNB. 9. MWM/ZSM 10–11. D. triquetrella. 10. MfNB. 11. MWM/ZSM. 12. Diplodoma laichartingella (MfNB). 13. Narycia duplicella (MfNB). 14–17. Taleporia spp. 14–15. T. politella. 14. MfNB. 15. ZISP. 16. T. tubulosa (MWM/ZSM). 17–18. Psyche spp. 17. P. betulina (MWM/ZSM). 18. P. casta (MfNB). 19. Epichnopterix plumella. 20. Rebelia nocturnella (MfNB). 21. Reisseronia staudingeri (ZISP). 22. Apterona helicoidella (MfNB). 23. Ptilocephala plumifera (MfNB). 24. Acanthopsyche atra (MfNB). 25. Canephora hirsuta (MfNB). 26–27. Megalophanes spp. 26. M. graslinella (MWM/ZSM). 27. M. stetinensis (MWM/ZSM). 28. Pachythelia vilosella (ZISP). 29. Sterrhopterix fusca (MfNB). One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, two (**) for the Middle Volga Region, and three (***) for Russia.