New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador

The article describes five new species of plume moths from Ecuador which are new to science: Amblyptilia kara Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp.nov., Hellinsia diana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp.nov., Hellinsia elena Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp.nov., Hellinsia gielisi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp.nov., and Hellinsia wojtusiaki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp.nov

To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Venezuela with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

The article describes two new Pterophoridae species from Venezuela: Postplatyptilia lastukhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. and Postplatyptilia stekolnikovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. Four species: Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992, Adaina desolata Arenberger & Bond, 1995 and Hellinsia devriesi (Landry & Gielis, 1992) are recorded for the fauna of Venezuela for the first time

Materials on the Lepidoptera fauna of "Ecoportal de Piedra" National Park (Jujuy province, North-Western Argentina). Part I. Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Basing on the materials from Russian entomological expedition to Jujuy Province, North-Western Argentina, the participants of which were working in Ecoportal de Piedra National Park, 22 Pterophoridae species have been revealed, two of which, Emmelina doroshkini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. n. and E. reshetnikovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. n., turned to be new to Science. Six more species, Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis (Landry & Gielis, 1992), Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), S. taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), Lioptilodes cuzcoicus Gielis, 1996, Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921, and Hellinsia mauleicus (Gielis, 1991) have been indicated for Argentina for the first time, and eleven more species, Postplatyptilia flinti Gielis, 1991, Stenoptilodes sematodactyla (Berg, 1885), Lioptilodes aguilaicus Gielis, 1991, Oidaematophorus pseudotrachyphloeus Gielis, 2011, Singularia carabayus (Arenberger, 1990), Hellinsia angulofuscus (Gielis, 1991), H. chalupi Gielis, 2013, H.grandaevus (Meyrick, 1931), and H. tacanasensis Gielis, 2013 have been indicated for Jujuy Province for the first time. One species of the genus Singularia has not been identified on a unique female

Первое указание рода Nippoptilia Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) из России

A plume moth Nippoptilia regula (Meyrick, 1906) is found in the southern part of Primorsky krai. The specimens examined are characterized by typical for this species wing pattern, male and female genitalia. The genus Nippoptilia Matsumura 1931 is recorded from Russia for the first time

Список пальцекрылок (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) фауны Пакистана

An annotated list of 19 species of Pterophoridae recorded from Pakistan is given. Five species are new to this country, namely Platyptilia avicennai Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2016, Cnaemidophorus rhododactylus (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775), Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla (Zeller, 1852), Hellinsia pectodactyla (Staudinger, 1859), and Amblyptilia sp. A new synonymy is established: Exelastis ebalensis (Rebel, 1907) = Karachia xylochromella Amsel, 1968, syn. n

Merrifieldia arenbergeri - new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Republic of South Africa

The article describes a new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Merrifieldia arenbergeri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., from the province Free State, the Republic of South Africa

Два новых вида пальцекрылок из рода Singularia Arenberger, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) из Колумбии и Эквадора

The article describes two new plume moths species from Colombia and Ecuador: Singularia zolotuhini Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin sp.n. and Singularia kofani Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin sp.n

New data on the Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Uganda with description of a new species

The article describes a new species of plume moths, Hellinsia kaweri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., and indicates a species new for the fauna of Uganda, Platyptiliodes albisignatula Strand, 1913. A complete list of Pterophoridae known from Uganda is provided