Anarsia sibirica Park & Ponomarenko, 1996

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 62

Anarsia sibirica Park & Ponomarenko, 1996

Figs. 55 & 56

Arkaim 14–19.VI.1996 (5 exx.), 16. VI.1996 (3 exx.) , 17.VI.1996 (2 exx.), 08–09.VII.1997; Chalk Hills 03– 07.VI.1998 (ca. 25 exx.), 02.VII.2003 (1♂), 26.V.2004 (1 ex.), 28.V.2004 (6 exx.), 25.IX.2005 (1♂); Guberlja 26. VI.2003 (1♂); Kuvandyk 13–15. VI.1998 (1 ex.), 15. VI.1998 (1 ex.); Kuvandyk II 16. VI.1998 (1 ex.); Moskovo 22–23. VI.1996 (1 ex.); Sakmara river 20–21. VI.1996 (22 exx.) ; Stepnoe 30. VII.2005 (1 ex.); Verbljushka 30–31.V.1998, 10.VI.1998 (3 exx.) , 11.VI.1998 (1 ex.), 18.VI.1999 (2♀), 27.VI.2003 (1♀), 30.V.2004 (2 exx.), 31. V.2004 (6 exx.) , 01. VI.2004 (1 ex.). A total of about 80 exx. Genitalia slides: K. Nupponen prep. no. 3/ 19.X.2008 (♂), 1/ 11.XI.2008 (♂). Six further genitalia preparations preserved in glycerol .

Distribution. Russia (S Ural). Outside Europe known from Southern Siberia (e.g., Altai, Novosibirsk, Minussinsk) ( Park & Ponomarenko 1996).

Remarks. This species is new to Europe. A single, freshly emerged specimen observed in late September represents the second generation. The external appearance of the adult is illustrated here for the first time. The forewing pattern is somewhat variable. Some specimens are rather distinctly mottled with black. Occasionally the spots can be indistinct, and such specimens are easily confused with A. spartiella . However, A. sibirica is smaller and its forewings are less elongated than those of A. spartiella . A. sibirica is widely distributed in various kinds of steppes in eastern and southern parts of the Urals.