Alucita ussurica Ustjuzhanin, 1999

Ustjuzhanin, Peter & Kovtunovich, Vasily, 2014, New data on the many-plumed moths (Alucitidae, Lepidoptera) of the Far East of Russia, Nota Lepidopterologica 37 (2), pp. 135-139 : 137

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Alucitidae

Alucita ussurica Ustjuzhanin, 1999

Alucita ussurica Ustjuzhanin, 1999: 2. Type locality: Gornotajozhnoe, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Material.

Russia. Primorsky Krai: 20 km E of Ussuriisk, Gornotajozhnoe village, 11.vi. 1983, 1♂ (holotype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); same locality, 12.vii.1990, 1♂, 11.vi.1983, 2♂ (paratypes), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); 8.vii.1990, 1♀ (paratype), leg. P. Ustjuzhanin (CUK); Kamenushka village, 12.vii.1990, 1♂ (paratype), leg. P. Ustjuzhanin, S. Zakharov (ISEA); Kedrovaya Pad’ Nature Reserve, 14 -15.vii.1984, 1♂, 2 ♀ (paratype), leg. A. Lvovsky (ZISP); same locality, 25.vii.1998, 2♂, 1♀ (paratype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); Ananievka River headwaters, 7.vii.1982, 1♂ (paratype), leg. S. Sinev (ZISP); Khasan district, Zanadvorovka village, 4-19.vii.2004, 2♂, leg. A. Streltzov, P. Osipov, D. Filatov (CUK).

Distribution.

Russian Far East: south of Primorsky Krai.

Life history.

Biology unknown. Flight period: VI–VII. Probably develops in two generations.

Remarks.

This species, previously known only from its type locality, is actually more widely distributed in the region. In conclusion, only two species of many-plumed moths are known in the south of the Russian Far East: Pterotopteryx eumorphodactyla and Alucita ussurica .