Kessleria saxifragae (Stainton, 1868) (fig. 4)

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Transcarpathian district, Rakhov mountain (h = 1800 m above sea level); 47̊57' N 24̊28' E, 10.07.1977, 1 ǫ (Gershenson).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Transcarpathian district), Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Zabaykalsk), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, (former) Yugoslavia (Levis & Sohn, 2015).

D i a g n o s i s. Wingspan 9–16 mm. Head white with brownish scales. Thorax pale fuscous. Forewings white, suffused whitish brown and dark fuscous dots (fig. 4, 1).

Male genitalia (fig. 4, 2, 3). Valva of elongated elliptoid shape with large sacculus (fig. 4, 2). Aedeagus long, about three times as long as valva (fig. 4, 3).

Female genitalia (fig. 4, 4, 5). Lobes of vaginal plate moderate and not close to each other. Apophyses posterior almost equal to apophyses anterior (fig. 4, 4). Bursa copulatrix without signum (fig. 4, 5).

R e m a r k s. This species can be recognized by the forewing coloration and above mentioned characters of the genitalia.

Recorded from Ukraine for the first time.