Episcythrastis tabidella ( Mann, 1864 )

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2020, Narrow-winged pyralids (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) of Leningrad Province and the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4890 (3), pp. 361-374 : 368

Episcythrastis tabidella ( Mann, 1864) **

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2 Ƌ, W env. of Luga, 30.vii.2012, 24.vii.2015.

REMARKS. A local population of this southern species was found in Luga polygon ( Fig. 1 ). Two males were attracted to light. Their appearance ( Fig. 2 ) doesn’t seem to be different from the appearance of imagoes from the south of Russia.

DISTRIBUTION. The southern areas of Europe, middle belt of Europe (locally), Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia ( Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Aarvik et al. 2017; Koçak & Kemal 2018; Sinev et al. 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitat of Ephestia mistralella, Episcythrastis tabidella and Homoeosoma nimbella, dry sandy meadow in environs of Luga (Luga polygon), 24 July 2015.

FIGURE 2. Episcythrastis tabidella in its natural habitat, Luga polygon, 24 July 2015.