Helina cinerella Wulp 1867

Helina cinerella (Wulp, 1867)

ARMENIA: Aragatsotn: Lake Kari, N40o28' EO44o11', 3190 m, 19.vii.2011, 13 1Ƥ; heath south of Lake Kari, N40o26' EO44o13', 2700 m, 19.vii.2011, 13 2Ƥ. Kotayk: Tsakhkadzor, heath, N40o32' EO44o40', 2500 m, 17.vii.2011, 1Ƥ.

GEORGIA: meadows E of Kazbegi, 1900 m, 28.vi.1983, 53 1Ƥ; forest E of Kazbegi, 1950–2000 m, 5.vii.1983, 13; forest E of Kazbegi, 2000 m, Malaise trap, 4-5. vii.1983, 13; Mt Kuro, heath, 2330 m and 2450–2550 m, 29.vi.1983, 43 1Ƥ; Mt Koltesh, meadow/heath, 2300 m, 8.vii.1983, 13; Mt Koltesh, heath, 2500 m, 30.vi.1983, 2Ƥ; Truso, mineral springs, 2150 m, 9.vii.1983, 1Ƥ; Gergeti, upper heaths, 2300–3000 m, 11.vii.1983, 23 1Ƥ; Gergeti, upper heaths, 3000 m, 14.vii.1983, 13; Gergeti, scree, 2950–3000 m, 14.vii.1983, 23.

Distribution. Holarctic, ranging through the forest zone and up to biotopes high above the tree-line, to alpine heaths and alpine tundra. New for Armenia and for Georgia.