Gelechia omelkoi sp. nov. – a new species from the Russian Altai Mountains related to the Nearctic Gelechia mandella Busck, 1904 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with a synopsis of Gelechia from the Altai Republic of Russia

By

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.
Huemer, Peter
Landry, Jean-François
Sumpich, Jan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1063

Pages

105--120

Subjects

Canada , Distribution , DNA barcoding , Nearctic region , new records , Palaearctic region , Russia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1063.71914

 

Abstract

Gelechia omelkoisp. nov. is described from the Ukok plateau and South Chuisky ridge in the Altai Mountains of Russia. The adult of the new species, including its male genitalia, is illustrated and compared with species most similar in morphology and DNA barcodes—G. sororculella(Hübner, 1817) andG. jakovleviKrulikovsky, 1905 from the Palaearctic region, as well asG. mandellaBusck, 1904 from Canada. This last species is redescribed based on adult specimens, including the genitalia of both sexes, and a lectotype is designated.Gelechia sirotinaOmelko, 1986 is recorded from the Altai Republic for the first time. An updated list of six species ofGelechiafrom the Altai Mountains of Russia is given. Dorsal habitus photographs of all species are provided. The male genitalia of the lectotype ofG. jakovleviis illustrated for the first time.