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Kun, A.: Studies on Palaearctic Ethmia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 99 Budapest, 2007 pp. 101-114. Studies on Palaearctic Ethmia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) A. KUN Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088, Budapest Baross u.13, Hungary. E-mail: kuni@nhmus.hu i Abstract - Descriptions of three new Ethmia species (E. percisa sp. n., E. euphoria sp. n. and£. sattleri sp. n.) from Eastern Asia (Anatolia, Iran), with additional distribution data and taxonomic notes of the relevant species groups are given. With 19 figures. Key words - Ethmiinae, Ethmia, new species, Palaearctic. INTRODUCTION The most comprehensive work on Ethmia of the Palaearctic region (including some parts of Southeast Asia) was published by SATTLER (1967). This monograph contains 72 species recorded in this vast area. Subsequently, only a few new species and subspecies were described from the Western and Central Asian region, and these are as follows: E. quadrinotella heratella AMSEL, 1969, E. lecmima amsei KEMAL et KOÇAK, 2005, E. kabulica AMSEL, 1969, E. defreinai GANEV, 1984, E. hakkarica KOÇAK, 1986, and£. turkmeniella DUBATOLOV et USTJUZHANIN, 1997. Further new taxa were described in the territory of the former USSR: a new genus and species, Dasyethmia hiemalis DANILEVSKY, 1969, classified to the Ethmiinae by DANILEVSKY (1969), followed by Ethmia elimatella DANILEVSKY, 1975, E. vidua flavilaterella DANILEVSKY, 1975, E. soljanikovi DANILEVSKY et ZAGULAJEV, 1975 E. sibirica DANILEVSKY, 1975 and E. comitella steppella DUBATOLOV et USTJUZHANIN, 1997. A reassessment of accessory material from large museums and several private collections, as well as the revision of certain taxa, resulted in the discovery of three additional new species, the descriptions of which are given below.