Notes on Scythrididae of Central Asia, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)

Abstract

Scythris innae K. Nupponen & Haverinen, sp. n. is described from SE Kazakhstan. The genitalia of previously unknown females of Falkovitshella hindukushi Passerin d’Entrèves & Roggero, 2013, F. hypolepta (Falkovitsh, 1972) and S. niemineni Nupponen, 2014 are described. Records of 26 species embracing 304 specimens of the family Scythrididae from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are presented. The material was collected during 2013–2014 in the course of four Finnish–Russian and Finnish–Estonian expeditions. Four species are reported as new to Kazakhstan and eight species as new to Tajikistan. The known distribution range of each species is given, and the taxonomy of some species is briefly discussed.