Scrobipalpa murinella

Scrobipalpa murinella (Duponchel, 1843) Lita murinella Duponchel 1843: 458. Gelechia culminicolella Staudinger, 1871: 306. Gelechia excelsa Frey, 1880: 363. Material examined. 2 ♂, Russia, Altai Mts, 50°16-20’N87°50-55’E, Kuraisky hrebet, 2000–2500 m, 4.vii.2001 (T. & K. Nupponen) (gen. slide 333/16, OB) (NUPP); 1 ♂, Russia, Altai Republic, 45 km N of Ulagan vill., Chulyshman valley, 51°01′56″N; 88°00′43″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 600 m, 26–27.vi.2019 (Šumpich) (Barcode NMPC-LEP-0941); 1 ♀, Russia, Tuva rep., 50°50’N 94°19’E, 2175 m, E. Tannu-Ola mts, timberline (Larix)/steppe, 17.vi.1995 (Jalava & Kullberg) (gen. slide 144/21, OB) (MZH). Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AAH9720. The intraspecific average distance of the barcode region is 0.63% (n=10). The minimum distance to the nearest neighbour, unidentified Scrobipalpa from Canada (BOLD:AAG9133), is 2.68%. Distribution. Europe (northern parts and mountains) Russia: European part, Altai, Tuva (new record), Irkutsk region (Bidzilya 2002: 69; Ponomarenko 2008: 96).Published as part of BIDZILYA, OLEKSIY, HUEMER, PETER & ŠUMPICH, JAN, 2022, Taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in southern Siberia, pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 5218 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5218.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/740983