Lepidoptera of South Ossetia (Northern Transcaucasia). Part I. Introduction and Superfamily Pyraloidea Latreille, 1809

In the first part of the publication, we present the faunal list of Pyraloidea of South Ossetia, including 111 species of 64 genera, belonging to two families. For the first time, 96 species are reported for South Ossetia. Scoparia manifestella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) and Scoparia perplexella (Zeller, 1839) are found in the Caucasus for the first time, and the new species Scoparia sinevi Streltzov, 2022 is currently indicated as an endemic of South Ossetia.The authors express their gratitude to R. Bakhanov (Gorno-Altaisk), A. Dzhussoev†, F. Dzagoev, V. Tedeev, and V. Gabaev (all Tskhinvali) for organizing the field studies in the South Ossetia in June-July of 2021. For finding rare publications, we are grateful to Yu. Komarov and R. Pukhaev (Vladikavkaz). In conclusion, we would like to thank all the people of South Ossetia, whom we met during the expedition, for their help and politeness towards us and our work. Research by Roman Yakovlev and Petr Ustyuzhanin was supported by a grant from Altai State University No.15/22‐VG(11 April 2022) "Lepidoptera of South Ossetia"