Scrobipalpa mixta Huemer & Karsholt 2010

Scrobipalpa mixta Huemer & Karsholt, 2010

Figs 56, 111–114

Scrobipalpa mixta Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 148.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Russia, Tuva rep., 50°16’N 94°54’E, 1250 m, ca 25 km W Erzin, steppe/stony slopes, 7–11.vi.1995 (Jalava & Kullberg) (gen. slide 197/16, OB); 2 ♂, Russia, Tuva rep., 50°45’N 94°29’E, E. Tannu-Ola mts, 5 km ENE Khol-Oozha, steppe slopes, 1250 m, 16–19.vi.1995 (Jalava & Kullberg) (gen. slides 328/16, 332/16, OB); 1 ♂, USSR, SW-Altai, Katun valley, 10 km W Katanda, 1200 m, 28.vi–5.vii.1983 (Mikkola, Hippa & Jalava) (gen. slide 195/16, OB) (all MZH). 1 ♂, [Kazakhstan], Karagandinskaya obl., Kinelly Mt., 30 km W Zhana-Arka, 13, 14.v.1958 (Zagulajev) (gen. slide 81/16, OB) (ZIN). 1 ♂, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region, Yakymivka distr., Atmanai env., 17.iv.2016, at light (Zhakov) (gen. slide 206/16, OB); 3 ♂, same data as for preceding (Barcodes TLMF Lep 28323, TLMF Lep 28324, TLMF Lep 28325); 2 ♂, Crimea, Karadagh, 24.iv.1989 (Budashkin) (gen. slides 86/10, 217/16, OB); 1 ♂, same data as for preceding but 24.iii.1990; 1 ♂, same data as for preceding but 9.v.1985 (gen. slide 17/11, OB) (all ZMKU); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, [North] Macedonia, Ochrid, April, 1939 (Pinker) (gen. slides 277/ 20♂, 278/ 20♀, OB) (SMNK).

Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AEC7813. The intraspecific average distance of the barcode region is 0% (n=3). The minimum distance to the nearest neighbour, S. disjectella (BIN: BOLD:ADL6933), is 3.69%.

Distribution. Macedonia, Albania (record needs verification), Ukraine (Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 148), Russia (new record): Altai, Tuva; Kazakhstan (new record).

Remarks. The male genitalia of specimens from Tuva and Altai vary in the size of the gap between the vincular process and sacculus, the length of saccus (from 1/4 to about 1/2 length of cucullus), the width of the vincular process and the width of the saccus. However, they generally match S. mixta from Europe, which is also rather variable in respect of the male genitalia. We did not observe any external differences between specimens from Europe and Siberia.