Petr Ustjuzhanin- Senior Researcher at Altai State University
Petr Ustjuzhanin
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Moth diversity on Mount Cameroon, a critical biodiversity hotspot in the Afrotropics, remains understudied despite the region’s rich and unique ecosystems. In this study, 34 species of plume moths (Pterophoridae) were recorded from the Mount Cameroon region, including four species new to science: Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n...
The type specimens of the little studied species of many-plumed moths, Orneodes baihua, Orneodes beinongdai and Alucita ussurica, are examined. Of them one species is transferred to the genus Pterotopteryx and a new combination is proposed: Pterotopteryx baihua (Yang, 1977), comb. n. New synonymy is proposed: Alucita beinongdai (Yang, 1977) = Aluci...
Five new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) are described from Ecuador: Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov., Hellinsia juliae sp. nov., H. razboinikovi sp. nov., H. muratovi sp. nov., and H. elini sp. nov. Two species of Pterophoridae, Quadriptilia obscurodactyla Gielis, 1994 and Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), are recorded f...
This study confirms Mount Cameroon as an unprecedented hotspot for the diversity of many-plumed moths, with the discovery and description of nine new species: Alucita fako Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita pyrczi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita sroczki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita potockyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtu...
Three species, Epinotia autumnalis Oku, 2005 (Tortricidae), Deuterogonia kamonjii Fujisawa, 1991 (Oecophoridae) and Blenina senex (Butler, 1878) (Nolidae), are recorded from Russia for the first time. Thirty four moth and butterfly species are new for the fauna of Kunashir Island.
The article gives a complete list of Pterophoridae species known from the Republic of Guinea. Three species, Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932), Sphenarches erythrodactylus (Fletcher, 1911) and Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963) are reported for the fauna of this country for the first time.
The article provides the list of Lepidoptera (the families: Cossidae, Coleophoridae, Choreutidae, Ethmiidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Crambidae, Lemoniidae, Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae), collected in four localities in the Republic of Dagestan in September 2020. In tota...
Aim. To clarify the spring aspect of the faunistic composition of Lepidoptera insects in the Republic of Dagestan as one of the most poorly studied regions of the European part of Russia.
Materials and Methods. The collection of material was carried out in six localities of the Republic of Dagestan at light sources and with a butterfly net. The mat...
The article provides the list of Lepidoptera (the families:
Scoparia sinevi Streltzov, sp. n. is described from the Republic of Southern Ossetia. The new species is very similar in its appearance to the Central Asian S. juldusella (Caradja, 1916) but distinctly differs from latter by the male genitalia with cornutus consisting of three large spines (cornutrus with one large spine in S. juldusella). The moth...
. Two new species, Hellinsia karinupponeni Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski, sp. n. and Hellinsia ristoi Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski, sp. n., are described from the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces of the Republic of South Africa, respectively. Holotypes of both species are deposited in the Estonian University of Life Sciences,...
The article describes two new plume moths species from Colombia and Ecuador: Singularia zolotuhini Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin sp.n. and Singularia kofani Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin sp.n
The article describes three Pterophoridae species from Bolivia which are new to science: Hellinsia swammerdami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., Hellinsia sergeii Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. and Hellinsia aymara Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. Nine Pterophoridae species are reported from Bolivia for the first time: Lioptilodes rionegroicus...
Three Pterophoridae species are reported as new for the fauna of Oman. To the 17 previously known species from Oman (USTJUZHANIN et al., 2019) we have added three more: Agdistis hakimah Arenberger, 1985, Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897) and Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873). We provide photos of the adult and male genitals of the rare and...
Basing on the materials from Russian entomological expedition to Jujuy Province, North-Western Argentina, the participants of which were working in Ecoportal de Piedra National Park, 22 Pterophoridae species have been revealed, two of which, Emmelina doroshkini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. n. and E. reshetnikovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. n., t...
The article describes two new Pterophoridae species from Venezuela: Postplatyptilia lastukhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. and Postplatyptilia stekolnikovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. Four species: Stenoptilodesbrevipennis (Zeller, 1874), Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992, Adaina desolata Arenberger & Bond, 1995 and Hellinsia devriesi (Land...
A plume moth Nippoptilia regula (Meyrick, 1906) is found in the southern part of Primorsky krai. The specimens examined are characterized by typical for this species wing pattern, male and female genitalia. The genus Nippoptilia Matsumura 1931 is recorded from Russia for the first time.
According to the materials examined in the collections of the Natural History Museum in Pretoria (Republic of South Africa) and collections of the authors, we describe two new species of Alucitidae from Republic of South Africa: Alucita hendriki Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, sp. n. and Alucita armstrongi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, sp. n. The data on t...
An annotated list of 19 species of Pterophoridae recorded from Pakistan is given. Five species are new to this country, namely Platyptilia avicennai Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2016, Cnaemidophorus rhododactylus (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775), Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla (Zeller, 1852), Hellinsia pectodactyla (Staudinger, 1859), and Amblyptilia sp...
The article describes two new species
of many-plumed moths from South Africa: Microschis�mus yakovlevi Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n. and
Microschismus alida Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n.
We allocate the lectotype and paralectotype from the
heterogeneous type series of two syntypes of Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913, where the second one...
Basing on the materials from the British Museum (BMNH), we describe two new species of plume moths from the Maluku islands: Pterophorus dohertyi Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n. and Pterophorus shevnini Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n. According to the collections of O. Gorbunov, five species of Pterophoridae are listed as well, two of which turned...
New species of plume moths, Ochyrotica omelkoi Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, sp. n., is described from Borneo Island. Cosmoclostis auxileuca (Meyrick, 1908) is recorded from Malaysia for the first tim.
Two species of Alucitidae, new to science, Alucita romieuxi Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n. and Alucita katangaUstjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp.n., are described from the Democratic Republic of Congo; three species, Alucita compsoxantha (Meyrick, 1924), A. ectomesa (Hering, 1917) and A. tesserata (Meyrick, 1918) are reported as new to the fauna of th...
Mount Cameroon, SW Cameroon, has already been described as a unique hotspot of the many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with their local diversity unrivalled in the entire Afrotropics. We confirm its importance with description of seven new species: Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich,...
A new species of plume moths, Calyciphora korbi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., is described from Kyrgyzstan (Inner Tien-Shan, the mountains Suusamyr Too).
Se registran 12 especies de Pterophoridae de la Gran Isla Bolshoy Ussuriysky (suburbios de Khabarovsk), en el delta del Ussuri; la mayoría de ellos prefieren praderas mesófitas. Dos especies, Agdistis adactyla (Hübner, [1823]) y Hellinsia inulae (Zeller, 1852) prefieren localidades secas y no eran conocidas del este de Khabarovsk.
Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908) is reliably indicated for the fauna of the Sakhalin Island for the first time. The photos of female adult and genitalia are provided.
The article gives 70 Pterophoridae species of nature reserves and national parks of KwaZulu Natal province, Republic of South Africa. New taxonomic combinations are revealed, new data on the distribution of Plume moths in the Republic of South Africa are indicated. New generic combinations were established for two species of Marasmarcha ammonias (M...
S.Yu. Sinev (ed.). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. Edition 2. St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute RAS, 2019. 448 с.
The catalogue deals with the representatives of 97 families of Lepidoptera known by now from the territory of Russian Federation. On the total, 2251 genera and 9617 species (1039 genera and 5617 species of Microlepidoptera,...
The article describes a new species of many-plumed moth, Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., from the province Mpumalanga, the Republic of South Africa.
The article gives a faunistic review of the Pterophoridae fauna in Myanmar. The type habitats and world distribution (with new data) is indicated. The data of the collected specimens are provided. To the 10 already known species we have added 9 previously unknown for the fauna of Myanmar.
This paper presents information on the type specimens of four Microlepidoptera species described by S.N. Alphéraky: Leioptilus minutus Alphéraky, 1876, Aciptilia taganrogensis Alphéraky, 1876 (Pterophoridae), Alucita synnephodactyla Alphéraky, 1876, and Alucita grammodactyla Z. var. poecilodactyla Alphéraky, 1876 (Alucitidae). The following new syn...
The article describes four new species of Alucitidae in the genus Triscaedecia from the Malay and Polynesian regions: Triscaedecia sulawesi Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern sp. nov., T. sarawaki Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern sp. nov., T. svetlanae Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern sp. nov., and T. suva Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern sp. nov...
Two Pterophoridae species, Oidaematophorus constanti (Ragonot, 1875) and Calyciphora ludmilae Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011, found in the Altai mountains, are indicated for the fauna of Russia for the first time. A disjunctive type of habitat is established for these species for the first time. It is revealed that Gillmeria ochrodactyla ([Denis &...
A list of 35 species of the family Pterophoridae from the Republic of Belarus is provided based on examination of the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, and new material.
This article provides a list of Pterophoridae of the Oman fauna. Three more species are added to the previously known 14. For Agdistis omani Arenberger, 2008, described on the basis of a female, we give a description of the male genitalia and an image of the male. For Cosmoclostis lanceata (Arenberger, 1985) we establish the junior synonym: Cosmocl...
The pyralid Endotricha flammealis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), previously known only from Europe, has been found in Siberia.
Damos nuevos datos sobre las especies de Pterophoridae de Bolivia y proporcionamos una lista de ellos, incluyendo 41 especies y 13 géneros. Nuevas especies son registradas por primera vez para Bolivia (en el artículo son marcados con *). El estudio estaba basado sobre la literatura principal sobre Pterophoridae de Bolivia
Fifteen species of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Alucitalongipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. , A.lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. , A.ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. , A.escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. , A.mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich...
An annotated list of 17 species of the plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of the Republic of Khakassia is given. Fifteen species are recorded from this region for the first time.
Examining the Pterophoridae specimens from Panama given to us for consideration, we have found one species new to science: Hellinsia an-tonkozlovi Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin, sp.n., and also Hellinsia hebrus (Meyrick, 1932) new for the fauna of the country.
Basing on the examination of new material on many-plumed moths from Tanzania, four new species have been discovered: Alucita agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., A. iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., A. snezhinka Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and A. tanzanica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. They are described and compar...
The paper contains information on 26 Lepidoptera species from Omsk and Novosibirsk Provinces that are firstly reported from the territory of these Provinces. 7 of them are new for the West Siberian Plain. One species - Heterogenea asella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) is the first indication of the Family Limacodidae in Siberia. Finds of Epischni...
A review of 6 species of many-plumed moths from Armenia is given. Two of them previously described from Caucasus, Alucita caucasica Zagulajev, 1986 and Alucita araxella Zagulajev, 2000 are synonymized under Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 and Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 respectively.
The present study provides a review of 26 Alucitidae species of the Republic of South Africa. 5 species are reported for the first time for the fauna of RSA. New synonymies are established for 3 species: Alucita brachyzona (Meyrick, 1920) is synonymized under Alucita tesserata (Meyrick, 1918), and Alucita megaphimus (Hering, 1917) and Alucita loxos...
We give a full list of Pterophoridae species of Thailand fauna, including type habitats, synonymy, worldwide distribution (adding new data). For 4 species new for Thailand we provide data of the collected material. Now the plume moths fauna of Thailand includes 38 species.
The article gives the first data on the many-plumed moths of Namibia. Two species are reported: Alucita certifica and Alucita homotrocha, previously known from the Republic of South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively
The arcticle describes a new species of Pterophoridae — Platyptilia romanorum sp.n., from highlands of the Altai-Sayan mountainous country.
Fourteen species of Pterophoridae are reported for the Garden Route National Park in South Africa. Four of them are described as new to science: Pselnophorus boldyrevae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., Crassuncus kenzo Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., Crassuncus ermakovae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., and Hellinsia birichevskayae Kovtun...
The present study gives a review of the Pterophoridae species recorded in the Republic of Tuva (Russia). 37 species of 17 genera are reported, new data on the distribution are provided, the distribution map of Pterophoridae in the Republic of Tuva is given, and Stenoptilia lasani Ustjuzhanin, Rekelj & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., is described.
We give first data on Pterophoridae of Cambodia. In previous publications, there was no indication of their habitat in Cambodia. Now we present 15 Pterophoridae species of 11 genera. © 2017, Soc Hispano-Luso-Amer Lepidopterologia-Shilap. All rights reserved.
По результатам исследований 2014-2016 годов приводится 11 видов чешуекрылых-пальцекрылок семейства Pterophoridae и один вид веерокрылок Alucitidae, собранных на территории Ботчинского заповедника в верхнем течении реки Мульпа, из них пальцекрылка Gillmeria vesta Ustjuzhanin впервые собрана на территории Хабаровского края.
There have been no special studies on plume moths of Liberia until recently. In the World Catalogue of Insects (Gielis 2003) only two species are reported from Liberia: Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847) and Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1794) despite its well-known richness for other Lepidoptera groups (Fox et al. 1965, Larsen 2005) and it...
The list of Zimbabwean Pterophoridae includes 56 species, with 48 species first recorded from Zimbabwe. The descriptions of 2 new species are given: Walsinghamiella selinda Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Platyptilia swynnertoni Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. New synonyms are established for 4 species: Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910,...
The article describes a new species from Cameroon, Alucita zinovievi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov.
Basing on the materials from the Russian expedition of 2008–2010 to the Republic of South Africa, and also on the materials from the collections of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History RSA, Pretoria and Natural History Museum, UK, London, three new species of Pterophoridae are described: Crassuncus koperbergi Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp...
Expeditions of Ron Brechlin, Viktor Synjaev, Mildred Márquez, Juan Machado, Oleg Romanov and other colleagues over the last five years in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have resulted in significant collections of Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841. The article describes five new species: Singularia brechlini Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., Singularia si...
p>We give new data on Pterophoridae species from Paraguay and provide a checklist of them, including 36 species of 13 genera. Six species of plume moths are recorded for the fauna of Paraguay for the first time. The study was based on the essential literature on Pterophoridae of Paraguay. </p
Two new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar are described: Alucita melouisp. n. and Alucita murzinisp. n. A new synonymy is established: Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909) = Alucita decariella (Viette, 1958), syn. n.
p>In present study we review the Pterophoridae family of Pavlodar region (the Republic of Kazakhstan). We sampled 30 species of 13 genera; 29 of them are listed for the first time for Pavlodar region. </p
An overview of 20 Pterophoridae species from Uganda is given. Three of them are described as new to science: Crassuncus agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Hellinsia anikini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Hellinsia nawrothi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. Twelve species are recorded as new to the fauna of Uganda.
An overview of Alucitidae species from Malawi is presented, with 20 species reported. Five of them are described as new for science: Alucita nyasa Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Alucita aarviki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Alucita malawica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Alucita murphy Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Alucita...
Lepidoptera family Alucitidae is reported for the first time for the fauna of Mongolia. Alucita helena Ustjuzhanin, 1993 was discovered in West Mongolia in the ranges of the Dzun-Dzhargalant-Khairkhan.
149 Lepidoptera species from 16 families were reported for the territory of the proposed protected area "Belokurikha Natural Park". This list is the primary data on the fauna of Lepidoptera in the region. Most of the species belongs to Euro-Siberian and Transpalaearctic groups.
New data on Pterophoridae from Afghanistan are considered. A checklist of Pterophoridae species of the fauna of Afghanistan is presented, as including 32 species of 14 genera. Merrifieldia tridactyla is for the first time recorded for the fauna of Afghanistan. The basic literature on the Afghanistan Pterophoridae were used in the study.
This paper describes two new species of plume moths from the group of the so-called “giant” Platyptilia Hubner, 1825: Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and P. stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. Both species were collected in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and Rwanda, respectively. Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin &...
A new species of many-plumed moths Pterotopteryx lida Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich sp. n. is described from Novosibirsk Region.
This article provides an annotated list of 56 species of Pterophoridae for the fauna of Bashkortostan, Orenburg Region and Western Kazakhstan. Thirty-one species are noted for Bashkortostan, 33 for the Orenburg Region and 31 for Western Kazakhstan; of these species, thirteen were recorded by Caradja (1920) only. Oxyptilus parvidactyla, Merrifieldia...
The list of Ghana Pterophoridae includes 22 species, with 14 species first recorded from Ghana. New synonymies are established for three species: Exelastis caroli Gielis, 2008 = Exelastis ebalensis (Rebel, 1907) syn. n.; Hellinsia ruhuruinia Gielis, 2011 = Hellinsia ambo Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011 syn. n.; Pterophorus ashanti Arenberger, 1995...
Three new species of the plume-moth genus Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) are described from the Indo-Malayan Region: Pterophorus vikhrevi sp. n. from Malaysia (Sabah Island), P. ceylonicus sp. n. from the Republic of Sri Lanka, and P. laocaiensis sp. n. from Vietnam. A list of all the species of this genus known for these c...
The new species Arcoptilia naumanni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) is described and illustrated from males found in Angola. Platyptilia rufamaculata Gielis, 2011, syn. nov. is established as a junior synonym of Arcoptilia pongola Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010.
This article describes four new Pterophoridae species from Africa (Zambia, Tanzania and the Republic of South African): Platyptilia junkeri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Pselnophorus huntii Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Pselnophorus tanzanicus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov.
Four new species of Agdistis (Pterophoridae) are described from Southern Africa: Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. Nov., Agdistis wolframi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. Nov., Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. Nov. And Agdistis ruhanga Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. Nov. In addition, descriptions and images of the previou...
