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Dubatolov, V.V., Zinchenko, V.K, Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. (2023): Autumn moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Kunashir Island. Far Eastern Entomologist 474: 11-24, DOI: 10.25221/fee.474.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.474.3

Oidaematophorus pseudotrachyphloeusGielis, 2011 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) is a little-known Neotropical plume moth previously recorded in Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. Its host plants and DNA barcodes are unknown.Oidaematophorus pseudotrachyphloeusis recorded for the first time from Chile, based on six specimens from the Azapa Valley (Arica Province) and two from Guayacán (Coquimbo Province). Those from the Azapa Valley were reared from folivorous larvae collected onAmbrosia cumanensisKunth (Asteraceae), representing the first host plant record for this plume moth. The first DNA barcode sequences ofO. pseudotrachyphloeusare provided and used to explore relationships with congenerics.

Michaelophorus bahiaensis Gielis, 2006 Material examined. 1♀, PARAGUAY, Dep. Concepcion Isla Real, 22°35’ S, 57°37’ W, 15-17.vi.2010, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286, {"references":["Gielis, C. (2006) Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part 1: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 80 - 2 (1), 1 - 290."]}

Adaina nina Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022 Material examined. PARAGUAY, Dep. Cordillera, Pirareta, 25°29’ S, 56°56’ W: 3♂, 1♀, 15–17.vi.2010; 1♂, 25–27.vi.2010; 1♂, 24–28.vii.2011, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. Argentina, Paraguay., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286, {"references":["Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Streltzov A. & Ustjuzhanina, A. (2022) Two new species of plume moths of the genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Paraguay. Ecologica Montenegrina. 54, 12 - 17. https: // doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2022.54.2"]}

Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya., Kovtunovich, Vasily N. (2022): To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3. Ecologica Montenegrina 59: 38-45, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.59.4

Michaelophorus maria Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1ED37B7D-1231-45D7-BC18-BE2B8BC8E69E Figs 1-3 Type material: Holotype, ♂ (ZISP, gen.pr. Nr. 1991), PARAGUAY, Dep. Alto Parana, Limoy, 24°45’ S, 54°27’ W, 11–15. i. 2017, U. Drechsel leg.; Paratypes, 3♂, 11♀, (ZISP, CUK) same data as holotype. DESCRIPTION. External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae with dark-brown scales. Labial palpi thin, straight, 1.5 times longer than eye diameter in length. Antennae thin, cross-striped, with alternating brown and white segments. Wingspan 13-15 mm (holotype 13 mm). Fore wings dark-brown with portions of yellowish-brown spots. Narrow transverse yellowish-brown band on first lobe distally. Brown spot of scales in front of cleft, similar spot in medium portion of wing. Anal angle of second lobe with distinct bundle of dark-brown hairs, second lobe apically acute. Fringe inside cleft mottled, with alternating light-grey and dark-brown hairs. Hind wings unicolorous, dark-brown. Fringe of third lobe along outer margin with dark-brown spots of hairs, third lobe apically with distinct triangular bundle of brown hairs. Male genitalia. Valves symmetric, noticeably narrowing distally. Beyond valve middle in front of its narrowing, thin smoothly curved hook-like spike. Tegumen simple, with notch on apex. Uncus triangular. Aedeagus arched, twice shorter than valve in length. Female genitalia. Papillae anales narrow, elongated, apically acute. Posterior apophyses straight. Anterior apophyses three times shorter than posterior apophyses. Lamina postvaginalis with two long longitudinal processes in center of sternum 8. Antrum short, tubulate. Lamina antevaginalis bag-like. Ductus bursae short, thin, membranous. Bursa copulatrix small, oval, poorly sclerotized, without signa. Diagnosis. In the external characters of the adult and in the male genital structure, the new species is similar to Michaelophorus dentiger (Meyrick, 1916), from which it differs in the distally narrowing valves and in the notch on the apex of the tegumen. In the female genitalia, in the narrow antrum and the longitudinal process on the lamina postvaginalis, it is similar to Michaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930), but clearly differs in the absence of signa in the bursa copulatrix, the shorter ductus and the bag-like lamina antevaginalis. Flight period: January. Distribution: Paraguay. Etymology: The species is named after Maria Boreyko (Shipitsyna) (Novosibirsk, Russia), a classmate of the first author., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 Material examined. 1♂, PARAGUAY, Dep. Alto Parana Estancia Dimas 25°33’ S, 55°13’ W, 11– 16.xi.2011, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay. New to science, Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897) Material examined. 1♀, PARAGUAY, Dep. Concepcion Garay Cue, 22°42’ S, 57°22’ W, 25-29.iv.2013, 1♂, 2♀, 29-31. x. 2017; 1♂, 1♀, Dep. Amambay, Estanica, 23°20’ S, 56°18’ W, Kai Rague, 23-27.iii.2016, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. USA, Virgin Islands, Martinique, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Paraguay; Tanzania, Dem. Rep. Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911) Material examined. PARAGUAY, Dep. Cordillera, Pirareta, 25°29’ S, 56°56’ W: 1♂, 15-17.vi.2010, 1♂, 28-31.vii. 2010, 1♂, 26-31.viii.2011, 1♂, 30.vi-01.vii.2012, 2♂, 13-18.ii.2012; 1♂, Dep. Concepcion Garay Cue, 22°42’ S, 57°22’ W, 29-31.x.2017; 1♂, Dep. Amambay, Laguna Ciervo, 27. iv.-02. v.2017; 1 ♂, Dep. Boqueron Gian Siete, 17-18.vii.2015; 1♂, Dep. Boqueron Aurora Chaquena, 02-03.v.2015, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. Virgin Islands, Bolivia, Paraguay; Oman, Sri Lanka, Philippines; Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Malawi, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Buckleria brasilia Gielis, 2006 Material examined. 1♀, PARAGUAY, Dep. Cordillera, Pirareta, 25°29’ S, 56°56’ W, 14–18.vii.2011, U. Drechsel leg., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286, {"references":["Gielis, C. (2006) Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part 1: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 80 - 2 (1), 1 - 290."]}

Sochchora albipunctella Fletcher, 1911 Material examined. 1 ♂, PARAGUAY, Dep. Alto Paraguay, La Sonada, S 20°03’ W 61°28’, 09-13. viii. 2017, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Emmelina vera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E742FEC4-E5BB-49F9-88AD-455AF27C71AB Figs 4-6 Type material: Holotype, ♂ (ZISP, gen.pr. Nr. 1988), PARAGUAY, Dep. Cordillera, Tacuara Renda, 25°39’ S, 56°55’ W, 10–14. xi. 2011, U. Drechsel leg.; Paratypes: 1♀ (ZISP, gen.pr. Nr. 1989), PARAGUAY, Dep. Pte. Hayes, Puerto Barbero, 24°55’ S, 57°18’ W, 18. vi. 2011, U. Drechsel leg.; 1♂, PARAGUAY, Dep. Alto Paraguay, Laguna Jacare, 21°30’ S, 57°58’ W, 13–17. v. 2015, U. Drechsel leg. DESCRIPTION. External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae with grey-brown scales. Collar on head brown. Labial palpi thin, straight, slightly longer than eye diameter in length. Antennae thin, lightbrown, scape slightly thickened. Wingspan 20-23 mm (holotype 23 mm). Fore wings grey-brown sputtered with dark-brown scales. Elongated dark-brown spot along costal margin above cleft. Small dark-brown spot on outer margin of first lobe. Both lobes noticeably darkened apically and framed with dark-brown scales. Big blurred brownish spot in front of cleft. Fringe inside cleft dark-grey. Hind wings unicolorous, noticeably lighter colored than fore wings, with light-grey fringe on lobes. Male genitalia. Valves asymmetric. Saccular process on left valve long, apically arched, tip hook-like, curved, acute. Saccular process on right valve shaped as wide fold located in medium part of valve. Uncus simple, thin, slightly curved. Anellus arms asymmetric, left arm basally wide then narrowing, right arm wide in all length, slightly shorter than left arm. Aedeagus thin, slightly curved basally, slightly shorter than valve in length. Female genitalia. Papillae anales wide, triangle, apically acute. Posterior apophyses straight. Anterior apophyses absent. Antrum short, tubulate. Ductus bursae long, thin, membranous. Bursa copulatrix small, round, poorly sclerotized, without signa. Diagnosis. In the male genitalia, in the curved saccular process on the left valve, the species resembles Emmelina buscki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 ) , but in E. buscki this process is curved towards the lover margin of the valve, while in the new species it is curved towards the upper margin. Additionally, the new species differs well from E. buscki in the special shape of the anellus arms and the aedeagus. In the female genitalia, the new species differs from E. buscki in the round bursa copulatrix. Flight period: May, June, November. Distribution: Paraguay. Etymology: The species is named after Vera Aleynikova (Medvedeva) (Novosibirsk, Russia)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on pages 41-45, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Stenoptilodes sematodactyla (Berg, 1885) Material examined. 1 ♀, PARAGUAY, Dep. Pte. Hayes Laguna Capitan, S 22°32’ W 59°40’, 11– 12.xi.2017, U. Drechsel leg. Distribution. Argentina, Paraguay., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. & Kovtunovich, Vasily N., 2022, To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3, pp. 38-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 59 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8044286

Hellinsia angulofuscus (Gielis, 1991) Oidaematophorus angulofuscus Gielis, 1991: 89. (Type locality: Argentina, Rosario de la Frontera, Los Baños, Salta). Material examined. 2 ♂, ARGENTINA, Rio San Francisco by Caimancito vil. 397m, 23°43'S, 64°36'W 18.ix.2017. K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (IZBE, CUK). Distribution: Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil. (Gielis 2011)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (2011) Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini). Zoologische Mededelingen, 85, 589 - 824."]}

Emmelina doroshkini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2021 Emmelina doroshkini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2021: 441. (Type locality: Argentina, Jujuy Prov.). Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ex. (abdomen missing), ARGENTINA, Rio San Francisco by Caimancito vil. 397m, 23°43'S, 64°36'W 18.ix.2017. K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK). Distribution. Argentina (Ustjuzhanin et al. 2021a)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Yakovlev, R. V., Streltzov, A. N. (2021 a) Materials on the Lepidoptera fauna of \" Ecoportal de Piedra \" National Park (Jujuy Province, North- Western Argentina). Part I. Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Shilap Revista de lepidopterologia, 49 (195), 435 - 446."]}

Lioptilodes subantarcticus Gielis, 1991 Lioptilodes subantarcticus Gielis, 1991: 15. (Type locality: Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Lapataia). Material examined. 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Siera de Manchao, 21.ix.2017, 28°47'S, 66°23'W, 972m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK). Distribution. Argentina, Brazil (Gielis 2003)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp."]}

Stenoptilia tenuis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Mimeseoptilus tenuis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875: plate 140, fig. 50. (Type locality: Colombia). Material examined. 1 ♀, ARGENTINA, Rio San Francisco by Algarrobal vill., 16.ix.2017, 24°38'S, 64°54'W, 619 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK). Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (Gielis 2003), Paraguay, (Ustjuzhanin et al. 2016), Argentina. New record for Argentina., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 38, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp.","Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Ustjuzhanina, A. K. (2016) Species list of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Paraguay with new records. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University. 6 (3), 88 - 90."]}

Lioptilodes aguilaicus Gielis, 1991 Lioptilodes aguilaicus Gielis, 1991: 23. (Type locality: Argentina, Neuquen, Piedra del Aguila). Material examined. 2 ♂, ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15.km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen, & A. Pototski leg. (IZBE, CUK). Distribution. Argentina, Chile (Gielis 2003)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp."]}

Lioptilodes neuquenicus Gielis, 1991 Lioptilodes neuquenicus Gielis, 1991: 21. (Type locality: Argentina, Neuquen, Zapala, El Marucho). Material examined. 1 ♀, ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15.km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen, & A. Pototski leg. (CUK). Distribution. Argentina, Chile (Gielis 2003), Peru (Gielis 2014), Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp."]}

The article describes four species of plume moths from Argentine, new to science: Lioptilodes lauri sp. nov., Hellinsia katja sp. nov, Emmelina inna sp. nov., Adaina nina sp. nov. Stenoptilia tenuis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) is given for Argentine for the first time.

Adaina nina Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BC245E9D-7264-4FF9-9D79-6D34B5CA51BF (Figs 11 – 12a, b) Type material: Holotype, ♂ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221005), ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15 km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085 m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen & A. Pototski leg.; Paratype, 1 ♂, (CUK), same data as holotype. Description: External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae light-yellow. Labial palpi white, thin, straight. Antennae light-brown. Wingspan 12-13 mm (in holotype - 12.5 mm). Fore wings ocher-yellow, with sputtering of small brown scales. Small brown spot at cleft base. Three short longitudinal brown strokes on first lobe, along costal margin and apically. Brown stroke on inner margin of first lobe distally. Two short brown strokes on outer margin of second lobe distally. Fringe inside cleft yellowish-brown. Hind wings unicolorous, light-yellow. Hind legs pale-yellow. Male genitalia. Valves asymmetric, left significantly wider than right. Saccular process on left valve narrow, wavy, apically curved as ring. Sacculus on right valve with two small spikes. Anellus arms asymmetric, right arm slightly longer and wider than left. Saccus arched. Uncus narrow, thin, slightly curved. Aedeagus almost straight, twice shorter than right valve in length, with angle-like cornutus distally. Diagnosis. In the male genitalia, in the shape of the sacculus on the right valve, the cornutus in the aedeagus and the anellus arms, the new species is similar to Adaina invida (Meyrick, 1908) and Adaina jobimi Vargas, 2020, but differs in both species in the s accular process on the left valve, which is ring-likely curved distally. Flight period. January. Distribution. Argentina. Etymology. The new species is named after the school teacher of Biology of the first author, Nina Vasilyevna Solnyshkova (Novosibirsk, Russia), whose wonderful lessons and professionalism were the example for the first author of this article.

Emmelina inna sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F7B3A300-15F6-4719-90E0-015605AECBAE (Figs 8 – 10) Type material: Holotype, ♂ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221003), ARGENTINA, Siera de Manchao, 23.ix.2017, 28°43'S, 66°21'W, 1185 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg.; Paratypes, 1♀ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221004), 1 ♂, 1 ♀, (CUK), same data as holotype. Description: External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae with pale-yellow scales. Collar at head light-brown. Labial palpi short, straight, almost twice smaller than longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae thin, light-yellow, alternating with small brownish scales, scape noticeably extended. Wingspan 18-21 mm (in holotype 19 mm). Fore wings yellowish-grey. Small elongated dark-brown spot along costal margin, above cleft. Brownish spot in front of cleft. Brown fringe inside cleft and along rear margin of wing. Hind wings unicolorous, of the same color as fore wings. Hind legs yellowish-grey. Male genitalia. Valves asymmetric. Saccular process on left valve sclerotized, arched at right angle, distally narrowing, apically acute. Saccular process on right valve shaped as wide fold, located in medium part. Apices of both valves bluntly rounded. Uncus simple, thin, slightly curved. Anellus arms asymmetric, left shorter and more narrow than right. Vinculum arched. Aedeagus thin, slightly curved, twice shorter than valve. Female genitalia. Papillae anales wide. Posterior apophyses almost straight, three times longer than anterior apophyses. Anterior apophyses short, thick, slightly narrowing apically. Antrum short, tubulate. Ductus bursae long, thin, membranous. Ductus seminalis slightly wider and shorter than ductus bursae. Bursa copulatrix long, narrow-oval, poorly sclerotized, without signa. Diagnosis. Externally, the new species remotely resembles Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758). In the male genitalia, in the curved saccular process on the left valve, the new species resembles Emmelina aethes (Walsingham, 1915), but in E. aethes this process is hook-like, while in the new species it is arched. The left valve in the new species is apically rounded, while in E. a ethes it has a robust crest-like process on apex. There is also difference in the anellus arms and aedeagus. Flight period. September. Distribution. Argentina. Etymology. The new species is named after Risto Haverinen's daughter Inna Antikainen, who has been a source of innovation and a driving force during expeditions., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on pages 33-35, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644

Hellinsia katja sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 564F2C57-099E-4B75-B89C-63F94A513637 (Figs 5 – 7) Type material: Holotype, ♂ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221002), ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15 km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085 m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen & A. Pototski leg. Description: External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae yellowish-brown. Labial palpi light-brown, thin, straight. Antennae yellowish-brown, scape noticeably thickened. Wingspan 14 mm. Fore wings pale yellow. Hardly visible sputtering of brown scales at cleft base. Fringe inside cleft brown. Hind wings unicolorous, light-brown. Hind legs pale-yellow. Male genitalia. Valves asymmetric, left valve slightly wider than right valve. Saccular process on left valve narrow, almost straight, apically sharp, hardly not reaching apex of valve. Right valve with two longitudinal folds, one long, in upper part of valve, the second short, in basal part. Anellus arms asymmetric, right arm slightly longer and more narrow than left, left arm apically extended. Saccus arched. Uncus narrow, thin, slightly curved. Aedeagus almost straight, slightly shorter than right valve in length, distally with sputtering of tiny spiky cornuti. Diagnosis. In the male genitalia, in the shape of the saccular process on the left valve, the new species is similar to Hellinsia joinville Gielis, 2016, but clearly differs in the cornuti in the aedeagus distally, in the totally different color of the wings and in the significantly smaller size. Flight period. September. Distribution. Argentina. Etymology. The new species is named after Katja Soininen, a life partner of Risto Haverinen. Katja's help, assist and support for expeditions has been irreplaceable., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644

Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921: 366. (Type locality: USA: California). Material examined. 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Rio Can Francisco by Algarrobal vill., 16.ix.2017, 24°38'S, 64°54'W, 619m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK); 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Rio San Francisco by Caimancito vil. 397m, 23°43'S, 64°36'W 18.ix.2017. K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (IZBE, CUK). Distribution. USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Gielis 2011), Honduras (Kovtunovich et al. 2018), Argentina (Ustjuzhanin et al. 2021a)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (2011) Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini). Zoologische Mededelingen, 85, 589 - 824.","Kovtunovich, V. N., Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Sinyaev, V. V., Ustjuzhanina, A. K. (2018) To the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) fauna of Honduras. Russian Entomological Journal, 27 (4), 403 - 414.","Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Yakovlev, R. V., Streltzov, A. N. (2021 a) Materials on the Lepidoptera fauna of \" Ecoportal de Piedra \" National Park (Jujuy Province, North- Western Argentina). Part I. Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Shilap Revista de lepidopterologia, 49 (195), 435 - 446."]}

Megalorhipida pseudodefectalis Gielis, 1991 Megalorrhipida pseudodefectalis Gielis, 1989: 107. (Type locality: Argentina, Neuquen, Piedra del Aguila). Material examined. 3 ♂, 1 ♀, ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15.km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen, & A. Pototski leg. (IZBE, CUK). Distribution. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil (Gielis 2003)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (1989) Neotropical Pterophoridae 1. The genus Megalorrhipida Amsel, 1935. Phegea, 17, 107 - 117.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp."]}

Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991 Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991: 18. (Type locality: Argentina, Neuquen, Zapala, El Marucho). Material examined. 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Siera de Manchao, 23.ix.2017, 28°43'S, 66°21'W, 1185m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK). Distribution. Argentina, Chile, Peru (Gielis 2003), Bolivia (Ustjuzhanin et al. 2021b)., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander & Haverinen, Risto, 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina, pp. 29-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 58 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Gielis, C. (1991) A taxonomic review of the Pterophoridae from Argentina and Chile. Zoologische Verhabdelingen Leiden, 269, 1 - 164, figs. 1 - 178.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp.","Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N., Streltzov, A. N. (2021 b) To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Bolivia with a description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Shilap Revista de lepidopterologia, 49 (196), 673 - 678."]}