Scythris mikkolai, SINEV, 1993

D’Entrèves, P. & Roggero, A., 2006, New And Little-Known Species Of Scythridid Moths Collected By Z. Kaszab In Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 49-75 : 65-66

S. mikkolai SINEV, 1993

Scythris mikkolai SINEV, Vest. Zool. 2: 54.

Material. 1 m (Genital slide no. 801 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Hentiy aimag, SW somon Zanchermandal and somon Zargaltchaan , 1400 m, 1965 Kaszab Expedition , 27.VII.1965 .

Distribution. The species is known from Russia (Promoriye, S Siberia, S Ural,

Samara region, S Buryatia) and from northeastern Mongolia.

Remarks. The species was collected in June ( Russia) and July ( Mongolia). NUPPONEN (2003) reported that the species is very abundant in various kinds of steppe habitats.