Pseudoplutella porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758) (fig. 5)

M a t e r i a l. Russia: district Krasnoyarsk, reservation “Stolby”; 55̊49' N 92̊51' E, 1.09.1986, 1 ǫ (Gershenson) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe (almost everywhere), the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Russia (Southern Siberia, Far East), Asia Minor (Baraniak, 2007; Sinev, 2008).

D i a g n o s i s. Wingspan 12–18 mm. Head white dusted with pale grey-brownish coloration. Labial palpi bent, the middle segment with a distinct tuft of brownish scales. Forewings white-yellowish with brownish pattern which consists stripes and dots (fig. 5, 1). Hindwings grey.

Male genitalia (fig. 5, 2, 3). Valva with distinctly narrow apical projection; saccus sclerotized, shorter than valva (fig. 5, 2). Aedeagus broadened at the apex, without cornuti (fig. 5, 3).

Female genitalia. Apophyses posterior shorter than apophyses anterior. Bursa copulatrix of spherical shape, signum absent (fig. 5, 4).

R e m a r k s. Externally differs from other species by the forewing pattern. Can be distinguished by the elongated apex of valva in the male genitalia; by spherical shape of bursa copulatrix without signum. Rare species in Siberian region.