Megalophanes, Heylaerts, 1881

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

**18. Megalophanes pr. stetinensis (Hering, 1846)

( Figs 27 , 45 )

Material: ♀, Surskoe District , environs of the village Lava, bilberry- ledum marsh, 54.479973N, 46.901823E, 16.V.2021, S.N.Kryuchkov, Ju.S.Volkova ( Fig. 48 , site 2) .

Biology. Inhabits open landscapes in humid meadows, moorlands, often found near rivers in the altitudes up to 450 m above sea level. Polyphagous on grass. Adults occur from May until late June. Identification of this species from the territory of Ulyanovsk Oblast is preliminary and needs to be confirmed by the barcoding.

Distribution in Russia. Previously, it was recorded only from the European Central Region ( Sinev & Lovtsova, 2019). New record from the Volga-Ural Region.

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.

Figures 30–47. Cases of Psychidae. 30–33. Dahlica. 30. D. charlottae (MWM/ZSM). 31. D. clathrella (MWM/ZSM). 32. D. lichenella (MWM/ZSM). 33. D. triquetrella (MWM/ZSM). 34. Diplodoma laichartingella (MfNB). 35. Narycia duplicella (MfNB). 36–37. Taleporia. 36. T. politella (ZISP). 37. T. tubulosa (UlSPU). 38–39. Psyche. 38. P. betulina (MWM/ZSM). 39. P. casta (MfNB). 40. Epichnopterix plumella (MfNB). 41. Acanthopsyche atra (MfNB). 42. Apterona helicoidella (UlSPU). 43. Canephora hirsuta (MfNB). 44. Megalophanes graslinella (UlSPU). 45. Megalophanes stetinensis (UlSPU). 46. Ptilocephala plumifera (MfNB). 47. Sterrhopterix fusca (MfNB). One asterisk (*) is for the species new for the fauna of the Ulyanovsk Oblast and two (**) for the Middle Volga Region.