Eulamprotes kailai Karsholt & Huemer, 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 kailai; Tuva; taiga
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6146596; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146596

Eulamprotes kailai Karsholt & Huemer sp. nov. Examined material. Holotype. ♂.“USSR, Kirgisia 41 ˚ 30 ’N, 75 ˚ 35´N [sic] 10 km SE Lake Song Köl” “steppe/river bed 26.7. 1990 L. Kaila leg.” “GU 13 / 1361 ♂ P. Huemer” (ZMUH). Paratypes. Kyrgizia: 3 ♂, 30 km E Naryn, 41 ˚ 25 ’N, 76 ˚ 20 E, 2500 m, 29.vii. 1990, leg. Kaila & Mikkola (ZMUH). Kazakhstan: 2 ♂, Zailiskiy, Alatau, Alma-Atinskij Nat. Par., 43 ˚05’N, 77 ˚ 15 E, 1850 m, 25.vi. 1990, leg. Kaila, genitalia slide GU 13 / 1358 ♂ P. Huemer (TLMF, ZMUH). Russia: Tuva Republic, 10 ♂, Lake Tere-Khol, 50 ˚01’N, 95 ˚03’E, 1150 m, sand dunes, 9.– 12.vi. 1995, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (RCGE, ZMUH, ZMUC); 3 ♂, 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 ♂, E. Tannu-Ola Mts., 5 km ENE Khol-Oozha, 50 ˚ 45 ’N, 94 ˚ 29 ’E, 1250 m, steppe slopes, 16.– 19.vi. 1995, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (ZMUH); Buryatia, 1 ♂, Svyaloj Nos pns., Monahovo, 53 ˚ 40 ’N, 109 ˚00’E, 450 m, mixed forest, 27.– 30.vi. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (ZMUH); 1 ♂, Barguzin range, Olso r. valley, 54 ˚ 52 ’N, 110 ˚ 55 ’E, 920 m, taiga, 7.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (ZMUH); 1 ♂, Barguzin valley, Malsky village, 54 ˚ 35 ’N, 110 ˚ 48 ’E, 500 m, sandy yard, 7.vii. 1996, leg. Jalava & Kullberg (ZMUH). DESCRIPTION.—Adult. (Fig. 18). Male. Wingspan 9–10 mm. Labial palpus white; segment 3 with black tip. Antenna ringed black and whitish to tip. Head whitish; thorax and tegula black. Forewing black with white markings with only a slight silvery shine: 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 close to tornal spot; apex with silvery scales around apex; cilia blackish grey, whitish grey at tip of apex. Hindwing almost as broad as forewing, grey. Abdomen yellowish grey in basal third, then dark grey with yellow-white tip. Female. Unknown. Variation. The pre-apical and tornal spots may be fused or ...