Eulamprotes altaicella Huemer & Karsholt, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Huemer, Peter, Elsner, Gustav, Karsholt, Ole
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae; Eulamprotes; Eulamprotes altaicella; Hippa; Russland; Tuva; White Head; taiga
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6146594; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146594

Eulamprotes altaicella Huemer & Karsholt sp. nov. Examined material. Holotype. ♂. “ Russland, Süd-Sibirien Republik Altai 17.– 22.VII. 2009 Umgeb. Aktasch leg. Bernd Schacht“ “P. Huemer GEL 1212 ♂” (TLMF). Paratypes. Russia: 8 ♂, same data as holotype (RCAS, TLMF, ZMUC); 5 ♂, SW Altai, Katun valley, 10 km W Katanda, 1200 m, 22.– 27.vi. 1983, leg. Mikkola, Hippa & Jalava, genitalia slide GU 13 / 1359 Huemer (RCGE, TLMF, ZMUH, ZMUC); 1 ♂, same data but 15.– 19.vii. 1983 (ZMUH); Tuva Republic, 2 ♂, E. Tannu-Ola Mts., Irbitel r., 50 ˚ 44 ’N, 93 ˚08’E, 1000 m, stony steppe slopes, 13.– 16.vi. 1995, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (ZMUH); 1 ♂, Buryatia, Barguzin range, Olso r. valley, 54 ˚ 52 ’N, 110 ˚ 55 ’E, 920 m, taiga, 7.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg, genitalia in tube (ZMUH); 2 ♂, Buryatia, Barguzin valley, Malsky village, 54 ˚ 35 ’N, 110 ˚ 48 ’E, 500 m, sandy yard, 7.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg, one genitalia in tube (ZMUH); 2 ♂, Buryatia, Barguzin valley, Umhej, 55 ˚01’N, 111 ˚08’E, 600 m, hot springs/meadow, 9.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg, one genitalia in tube (ZMUH); 2 ♂, Buryatia, Barguzin valley, Djirga st., 54 ˚ 55 ’N, 111 ˚ 14 ’E, 600 m, Betula/meadow, 7.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg, one genitalia in tube (ZMUH); 1 ♂, Altai Mts., 25 km W Aktash, 1200 m, 11.vii. 1997, leg. C. Gielis (RCHW). DESCRIPTION.—Adult (Fig. 17). Male. Wingspan 12–13 mm. Labial palpus cream-white; basal half of segment 2 blackish brown on outer surface; tip of segment 3 black. Basal part of antenna blackish, becoming more distinctly lighter ringed in middle; apical two-fifths white. Head light yellow with a dark line around eye; thorax and tegula black. Forewing black with silvery white markings: an oblique fascia from 1 / 6 at costa to 1 / 5 at fold; a fascia from middle of costa reaching two-thirds towards dorsum; pre-apical costal spot well separated from tornal spot; some silvery white scales along termen; cilia blackish grey, whitish grey at tip of apex. Hindwing almost as broad as ...