Perittia karadaghella Sinev & Budashkin, 1991

Kaila, Lauri, 2009, Notes on the genus Perittia of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 2230, pp. 16-28 : 22

Perittia karadaghella Sinev & Budashkin, 1991

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Perittia karadaghella Sinev & Budashkin, 1991 : Budashkin & Sinev 1991: 574. Sineviana karadaghella : Traugott-Olsen 1995a.

Perittia karadaghella: Kaila 1999 a.

Material studied. Type material: 2 paratypes [ Ukraine] Crimea, Karadagh, 24.V. 1989, 1 3, 30.IV. 1989, 1 3, Yu. Budashkin leg. ( MZH). Other material: Ukraine: Crimea, Karadagh, 12.V. 1991, 1 3, 29.V. 1992, 1 3, 6.V. 1996, 1 3, 13.V. 1996, 1 3, 24.V. 1996, 1 3, all Yu. Budashkin leg. ( MZH). Turkey: 5 km N Ürgüp, 25.V. 1997, 1 3, K. Nupponen & J. Junnilainen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3558); 7 km E Ürgüp, 18.V. 2005, 1 3, J. Junnilainen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 5063, Coll. Junnilainen); 35 km SW Aksehir, Cetince, 1200 m, 9.-13.V. 2000, 1 3 J. Junnilainen leg. (L. Kaila prep. 3911, MZH).

Remarks. This species is new to Turkey. Previously it was known only from Ukraine (Crimea) ( Budashkin & Sinev 1991).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 11. External appearance of Perittia species. Fig. 7. P. karadaghella 3 (Turkey); Fig. 8. P. m i n i t a u re l l a sp. n. 3 holotype (Greece: Crete); Fig. 9. P. r a v i d a sp. n. 3 holotype; Fig. 10. P. ravida sp. n. 3 paratype (Turkey: Aksehir region); Fig. 11. P. biloba 3 (Uzbekistan: Jizzax region).

FIGURES 15 – 17. Male genitalia of Perittia junnilaisella sp. n. Fig. 15. Holotype (L. Kaila prep. 3015); Fig. 16. Paratype (L. Kaila prep. 4279); Fig. 17. P. karadaghella (Turkey, L. Kaila prep. 3911).