Athrips polymaculella Park, 1981

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 43-44

Athrips polymaculella Park, 1981

Figs. 46–48

Miass 25.V.1998, 26.V.1998, 19.VI.1998, 20.VI.1998, 29.V.2001, 21.V.2005. A total of 40♂♂, 15♀. Genitalia slides: J. Junnilainen prep. no. 00021201, 00021202, 00021203, 02012404, 02012505, 02012508. Five further genitalia preparations preserved in glycerol.

Distribution. Russia (S Ural); S of Krasnojarsk region (Minussinsk) and Chitinskaja oblast in Siberia ( Bidzilya 2005b); Korea ( Park 1991).

Remarks. Our specimens were collected by sweeping Spirea bushes. The external appearance of the adult and the genitalia of both sexes seem to be identical to those illustrated in Park’s original description, although the adults from Korea are somewhat larger in size. Olschwang et al. (2004) first reported this species from Europe based on this material.