©Entomologisches Museum Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, download unter www.zobodat.at Atalanta (Dezember 2007) 38 (3/4): 395-402, Wurzburg, ISSN 0171-0079 „Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis“ 150 years later: Changes and additions. Part 14. Elachistidae. (Insecta, Lepidoptera) by V asily V. Anikin, Sergey A. Sachkov , V adim V. Zolotuhin & Sergey Y u . Sinev received 5. November 2007 Summary: 65species of Elachistidae are listed from the Volgo-Ural Region. 64 species are recorded from the region in addition to Eversmann ’s list. Introduction: This paper is the 14lh in a series of publications', dealing with the composition of the present-day fauna of the family Elachistidae in the Middle Volga and the south­ western Cisurals. This region comprises of the administrative divisions of Astrakhan-, Volgograd-, Saratov-, Samara-, Uljanovsk-, Orenburg-, Uralsk- and Atyraus-(=Gurjev) Districts, together with Tataria and Bashkiria. As was accepted in previous parts of this series, only material reliably labeled and spanning mostly the last 25-50 years was used for this study. The main collections are those of the authors: V. Anikin (Saratov and Astrakhan Distr. and Kalmyk. Republic), S. Sachkov (Samara Distr.) and V. Zolotuhin (Uljanovsk and Astrakhan Distr.). Whilst completing this list we also took advantage of the information from recent papers on this region (Sachkov , 1996; Sachkov et al., 1996; Zolotuhin , 2001; K aila et al., 2003). The material in the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg) has also been examined for our study. In the text we follow more traditional system proposed by E. T raugott -O lsen and E. Schmidt N ielsen (1977) and used in the main regional catalogs and determination keys (F alkovitsh , 1986; Parenti , 1996; Sinev & Sruoga , 1997). The synonymy is taken mainly from the review by L. K aila (1999). The list of food plants is taken from T raugott -O lsen & Schmidt N ielsen (1977). The authors would like to extend their thanks to Dr L. K aila (Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland) and Dr V. Sruoga (Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania) for valuable help in determination of the material; as a matter of fact all specimens from Uljanovsk Disr. were examined and if necessary re-identified by Dr L. K aila . For the ease of use, information is given in the form of a table, with the principal data of all species mentioned from the Volgo-Ural region. Many localities have been renamed during the last 150 years, the most important ones being listed below: 'This series was started in Atalanta 24: 89-120 (1993) 395 ©Entomologisches Museum Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, download unter www.zobodat.at Uralsk - later Chkalov - now Uralsk Samara - later Kujbyshev - now Samara Simbirsk - now Uljanovsk Sarepta - now Krasnoarmejsk of the Volgograd District Waskuntschatskoi - usually noted as Baskunchak (Astrakhan District) Zarizyn or Tsarizyn - later Stalingrad - now Volgograd. Note: Spassk, usually interpreted as Eversmann ’s estate not far from Orenburg, really might be also a town that disappeared under the Volga’s water during the erection of the hydroelectrostations and the following increasing of waters area. Before that Spassk had been situated in about 82 km ESE Kasan on the left bank of Volga. Notes on the table: column 1: Species number - species is deleted from the list column 2: Species name column 3: Species listed by Eversmann (1844) within the regional limits of that territory column 4 -10: Administrative units 4 Astrakhan District (centre is Astrakhan) 5 Volgograd district (Volgograd) 6 Saratov district (Saratov) 7 Samara district (Samara) 8 Uljanovsk district (Uljanovsk) 9 Bashkiria (Ufa) 10 Uralsk district (Uralsk) + species is present - species not found during this study ? species is known from old or doubtful data 0 type locality column 11: Flight periods IV -XI - months b, m, e - beginning, middle, end of month 1 (2) G - species developes 1 (2) generation(s) W - winter hibernation column 12: Comments and larval foodplants L: larval hostplants, indicating original data TL: type locality E: Eversmann 396 ©Entomologisches Museum Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, download unter www.zobodat.at E A V S S U B U V S O A A L A R E T L R M J S A R R G A A A H L S p e c ie s S A 0 T R N K S F lig h t C o m m e n ts M K G O A 0 I K p e rio d A H R V V R N A A S I N N D K A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 1 2 ELACHISTIDAE 1 Mendesia farinella “ + VI Very local in grass steppes on (T h u n b e r g , 1 7 9 4 ) chalk. L.: unknown. 2 Perittia herrichiella ? VI Only characteristic mines were (H e r r ic h -S c h A f f e r , 1 8 5 5 ) found in wet and sparse mixed fo r e s t o n Lonicera xylosteum* The record may also belongs to the next species. 3 Perittia sibirica + e V I- Recorded also for Orenburg distr. S in e v , 1 9 9 2 m V II (K a il a et al., 2003). L .: Lonicera tatarica (in Siberia). 4 Dibrachia kalki + + + V-VI Chalk steppes. Recorded for (P a r e n t i , 1 9 7 8 ) Orenburg distr. (K a il a et al., 2003). L.: unknown. 5 Herriiprosopa altaica VI Recorded for the saline wetlands S in e v , 1 9 9 8 of Orenburg distr. (K a il a e t a l., 2003). L.: unknown. 6 Elachista acutella m V I LT.: Southern Ural, Orenburg Ka il a , 2 0 0 3 distr., Donskoje (K a il a e t a l., 2 0 0 3 ). L.: unknown. 397 ©Entomologisches Museum Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, download unter www.zobodat.at 7 Elachista adscitella e V -V III Recorded for Cheliabinsk distr. S t a i n t o n , 1 8 5 1 (in 2 G ) (K a il a et al., 2003). (= revinctella a u c t., L : Festuca, Deschampsia, Poa, n e c Z e l l e r , 1 8 5 0 ) Brachypodium, Sesleria, Milium. 8 Elachista albifrontella + + + b V I- Some specimens were collected in (H ü b n e r , [1 8 1 7 ]) e V Il wet coniferous forest of taiga- zone, with Abies a n d Pinus. L.: different Poaceae. 9 Elachista alpinella + e V Il- Very local on glades and S t a i n t o n , 1 8 5 4 b V III openings of humid forests. Recorded for Cheliabinsk distr. (Ka il a et al., 2003). L : Carex s p p . 10 Elachista anserinella + + + e V -e V I W idely distributed in different Z e l l e r , 1 8 3 9 biotopes but not common everywhere. L : Brachypodium pinnatum. 11 Elachista apicipunctella + + b V I- W et coniferous and mixed forests. S t a i n t o n , 1 8 4 9 e V Il Recorded for Cheliabinsk distr. (=nobilella a u c t., (Ka il a et al., 2003). n e c Z e l l e r , 1 8 3 9 ) L : different Poaceae. 12 Elachista arduella VI LT Southern Ural, Orenburg Ka il a , 2 0 0 3 distr., Pokrovka (K a il a e t a l., 2 0 0 3 ). L: unknown. 13 Elachista argentella + + e V -V I L . different Poaceae. (C l e r c k , 1 7 5 9 ) 14 Elachista baikalica VI Recorded for Cheliabinsk distr. Ka il a , 1 9 9 2 (K a il a et al., 2003). L.. unknown. 15 Elachista bedellella + + + V l- b V I ll Grass steppes. (S ir c o m , 1 8 4 8 ) (in 2 G ) L : different Poaceae. 16 Elachista ?biatomella + V l- V lll Recorded for Bashkiria, (S t a i n t o n , 1 8 4 8 ) (in 2 G ) Cheliabinsk and Orenburg distr. with question mark (Ka il a e t a l., 2 0 0 3 ). L .: Carex flacea. 17 Elachista bifasciella + V l- b V Il L : different Poaceae. T r e it s c h k e , 1 8 3 3 18 Elachista bisulcella + + V l- V ll Lime steppes. (D u p o n c h e l , 1 8 4 3 ) L .: Deschampsia, Brachypodium, Calamagrostis, Carex. 19 Elachista canapenella + + e lV - V III Humid mixed forest. (H ü b n e r , [1 8 1 3 ]) (in 2 G ) L .: Holcus mollis, Arrhenatherum (=pulchella H a w o r t h , 1 8 2 8 ) pubescens. 2 0 Elachista chamaea e V -V I Recorded for Orenburg distr. Ka il a , 2 0 0 3 (K a il a et al., 2003). L.: unknown. 21 Elachista chrysodesmella + " " m V -V III L .: Holcus, Poa, Brachypodium, Z e l l e r , 1 8 5 0 (in 2 G ) Carex. 2 2 Elachista cingilella m V -V III Recorded for Orenburg distr. (H e r r ic h -S c h ä f f e r , 1 8 5 5 ) (in 2 G ) (K a il a et al.; 2003). L .: Millium effusum. 2 3 Elachista constitella e V -m V I Recorded for Orenburg distr. F r e y, 1 8 5 9 (K a il a et al., 2003). L.: unknown. 2 4 Elachista diederichsiella b V I- Recorded for Cheliabinsk distr. E.H e r in g , 1 8 8 9 m V II (K a il a et al., 2003).