Taxonomy of Palaearctic scythridids: description of Falkovitshella hindukushi sp. nov. and Scythris wadiqeltella sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Scythrididae)

Abstract

Two new species are here described and illustrated: Falkovitshella hindukushi sp. nov. from north-eastern Afghanistan, and Scythris wadiqeltella sp. nov. from Palestine. Scythris inconspicuella Sinev is newly recorded from China, markedly extending its known range. http://www.zoobank,org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2BC5092F-D004-4CB3-85C7-1CAA54AAE536

Keywords:

• new species
• new record
• Afghanistan
• Palestine
• Scythrididae

Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to the late H.G. Amsel for the loan of the Scythrididae material, among which many interesting new species have been found in recent years. The research was supported by grants of the MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research).