Sciota lucipetella ( Jalava, 1978 )

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 lucipetella ( Jalava, 1978)

( Lvovsky 1994)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♀, Nov. Devyatkino, 20.v.2012; 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, A. Petrovoj, 29.vii.2012.

REMARKS. A. Lvovsky (1994) reported this species for Sosnovskyj park (26.v.1984, 2.vi.1984). I observed it in Khyul’gyuzi (18.vii.2015), Sinyavino (17.vi.2020), A. Petrovoj and Nov. Devaytkino. Moths were found in dif-ferent meadows in habitats, which are also typical for S. fumella . S. lucipetella is bivoltine in the region; local, not rare.

DISTRIBUTION. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, European part of Russia, South Urals, West Siberia ( Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Aarvik et al. 2017; Sinev et al. 2019; Slamka, 2019).