Sciota fumella ( Eversmann, 1844 )

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 : 365

Sciota fumella ( Eversmann, 1844) *

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 Ƌ, W env. of Luga, 25.vii.2012; 3 Ƌ, 1 ♀, A. Petrovoj, 29.vii.2012; 1 Ƌ, Piskarevka, 22.vi.2013.

REMARKS. Single specimens were found in different parts of the region, usually on meadows, sitting near the ground. A male was caught in St. Petersburg on railway beds between Piskarevka and Ruch’i. S. fumella was also observed in meadows in Cheremykino (27.vi.2014), Khyul’gyuzi (24.vi.2015) and Dontso (24.vi.2015). Not rare .

DISTRIBUTION. Temperate zone of Eurasia ( Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Aarvik et al. 2017; Koçak & Kemal 2018; Sinev et al. 2019; Slamka, 2019).