New records of the leaf mining Gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Asian part of Russia

Abstract

New data on distribution of seven species of the family Gracillariidae in Asian part of Russia are provided. Six species, Phyllonorycter comparella, Ph. dubitella, Ph. medicaginella, Ph. pyrifoliella, Ph. ringoniella and Ph. sorbi, were recorded in Siberia (Krasnoyarsk krai, Novosibirsk and Omsk oblasts) for the first time. Micrurapteryx caraganella is new for Tuva Republic and the Russian Far East (Amur oblast). Phyllonorycter sorbi was collected in Novosibirsk on new host plants: Amelanchier sp., Sorbocotoneaster pozdnjakovii and Prunus virginiana (Rosaceae). Male genitalia are illustrated for the majority of the listed species.