Eulamprotes altaicella Huemer & Karsholt, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Huemer, Peter, Elsner, Gustav, Karsholt, Ole
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae; Eulamprotes; Eulamprotes altaicella; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146594; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/131748077A09FFECE98CF8EB19F1E7E0

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 forewing, light grey with grey cilia. Abdomen yellowish ...