Exaeretia mongolicella (Christoph, 1882)

Buchner, Peter & Šumpich, Jan, 2020, Depressariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Altai Mountains: new species, new records and updated checklist, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 201-244 : 207-208

Exaeretia mongolicella (Christoph, 1882) ( Figs 19–22 )

Material examined. RUSSIA: TUVA: Ak-Chol lake, 75 km NE of Kosh-Agach, 50°16′43″N, 89°36′44″E, rocky steppe, meadows, 2230 m, 2.–3.vii.2015, 2 ƋƋ (Barcode NMPC-LEP-0293, NMPC-LEP-0294), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC).

Molecular data. BIN BOLD: ACX8837 (n = 6; 3 public, 1 from Altai, 2 from Tuva). The average intraspecific divergence of the barcode region is 0.73% (maximum 1.77%). Distribution. Palaearctic. In Europe present in Lithuania and Poland, from where it was described as E. leucostictellus (Rebel, 1917). In Russia it occurs east of the Altai ( LVOVSKY 2013), the only records from the Altai Republic (Kosh-Agach: Ukok plateau) were published by BIDZILYA et al. (2002). The first record for the Tuva Republic.

Figures

Figs 19–22. Exaeretia mongolicella (Christoph, 1882). 19–20 – habitus: 19– Russia, Tuva,Ak-Chol, Ak-chol lake, 3.vii.2015, J. Šumpich leg. (NMPC); 20 – Russia, Vladivostok, vi.1994, Kuznetsov leg. (RCGD). 21 – male genitalia, Russia, Primorsky krai, Ussuri, Kazakevich, 1908, T. Walsingham leg. (MGAB). 22 – female genitalia, Mongolia, Central Aimak, Kerulen, 24.viii.1965, Z. Kaszab leg. (MNHN) (museum id. EL62902 with slide number MNHN-EL41).