Новый вид рода Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) из Закавказья

Scoparia sinevi Streltzov, sp. n. is described from the Republic of Southern Ossetia. The new species is very similar in its appearance to the Central Asian S. juldusella (Caradja, 1916) but distinctly differs from latter by the male genitalia with cornutus consisting of three large spines (cornutrus with one large spine in S. juldusella). The moths of the new species were collected from forb subalpine meadows in the Rachinsky Range

Two new species of plume moths of the genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Paraguay

The plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) fauna of Paraguay is studied quite well, which is proved by a series of publications (Gielis, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013; Ustjuzhanin et al., 2016). However, we have found two species of the genus Hellinsia, new to science, in the supplementary materials provided to us by Ulf Drechsel (Asunción)

Два новых вида рода Hellinsia Tuff, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) из Южной Африки

Two new species, Hellinsia karinupponeni Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski, sp. n. and Hellinsia ristoi Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski, sp. n., are described from the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces of the Republic of South Africa, respectively. Holotypes of both species are deposited in the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu

Nuevas especies de Alucitidae de la República de Suráfrica (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae)

According to the materials examined in the collections of the Natural History Museum in Pretoria (Republic of South Africa) and collections of the authors, we describe two new species of Alucitidae from Republic of South Africa: Alucita hendriki Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, sp. n. and Alucita armstrongi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, sp.n. The data on their distribution and phenology are provided

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

The article describes four species of plume moths from Argentine, new to science: Lioptilodes lauri sp. nov., Hellinsia katja sp. nov, Emmelina inna sp. nov., Adaina nina sp. nov. Stenoptilia tenuis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) is given for Argentine for the first time

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

Plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Ethiopia. Part 2

The article describes three Pterophoridae species new to science, from Ethiopia: Platyptilia anjuta Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Platyptilia roberti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Stenoptilia monikae Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. We give new faunal data on the distribution of the species previously unknown for Ethiopia

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