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In the third part of the publication, we present the faunal list of nine families of the Macrolepidoptera of South Ossetia, including 4 species of Cossidae, 2 species of Limacodidae, 40 species of Erebidae, 15 species of Sphingidae, 6 species of Lasiocampidae, 1 species of Saturniidae and Lemoniidae, 5 species of Drepanidae and 1 species of Cimeliidae. Fifty nine species are reported for South Ossetia for the first time.

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"]}

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."]}

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."]}

Lioptilodes lauri sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B3CEDCE2-6EF8-4635-831F-63780F8D318E (Figs 1 – 4) Type material: Holotype, ♂ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221001), ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Cordilerra del Tiere, Mendoza River valley near Uspallata vill., 1900 m, 32°35'S, 69°22'W, 25.i.2017. K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen & A. Pototski leg.; Paratypes, 1♀ (IZBE, gen.pr. № 221006), 5 ♂, 1 ♀: (IZBE; NUP, CUK) same data as holotype. Description: External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae in white scales. Labial palpi light, directed forward, slightly expanded distally, 1.5 times longer than longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae yellowish-brown. Wingspan 15−18 mm, in holotype – 17 mm. Fore wings unicolorous, yellowish-brown, with slightly lightened rear edge. Hind wings unicolorous, of the same color as fore wings. Fringe on all wings light-brown. Hind legs pale-yellow. Male genitalia. Valves symmetric, slightly narrowing distally. Uncus wide from apex to base, noticeably narrowing distally. Anellus arms relatively wide, of equal length. Saccus triangle, apically narrowing. Aedeagus thin, long, equal to valve in length, strongly curved. Basal process of aedeagus located perpendicular. Female genitalia. Papillae anales narrow, oval. Posterior apophyses long, slightly thickened at apices. Anterior apophyses thin, short. Lamina vaginalis bilobed. Antrum sclerotized, shaped as narrow and long funnel, from base of which gradually narrowing and smoothly passing into short narrow wavy ductus. Bursa copulatrix large, oval. Two narrow spiky signa with acute apices. Differential diagnosis. In the male genitalia, the species is similar to Lioptilodes friasi Vargas & Parra, 2005, but differs in the longer and thinner aedeagus and a different female genital structure. In L. friasi the antrum is twice shorter than in the new species, the signa in the bursa copulatrix are wide, while in the new species they are needle-like, narrow, apically acute. In the external characters, the adult is also similar to L. friasi and Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991. Distribution. Argentina. Flight period. January. Etymology. The new species is named after Risto Haverinen's twin brother Lauri Haverinen, with whom the Lepidopterology study started together in 1971., 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 30-32, 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."]}

Uroloba calycospila (Meyrick, 1932) Utuca calycospila Meyrick, 1932: 336. (Type locality: Argentina, Alta Gracia). Material examined. 4 ♂, ARGENTINA, Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15 km NNW, 27.i.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 619 m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen, & A. Pototski leg.; 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Siera de Manchao, 21.ix.2017, 28°47'S, 66°23'W, 972 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg.; 2 ♂, ARGENTINA, Siera de Manchao, 23.ix.2017, 28°43'S, 66°21'W, 1185 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (IZBE, CUK). Distribution. Argentina (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 38, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8029644, {"references":["Meyrick, E. (1932) Exotic Microlepidoptera 4, 225 - 256.","Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 198 pp."]}

Lioptilodes rionegroicus Gielis, 1991 Lioptilodes rionegroicus Gielis, 1991: 20. (Type locality: Argentina, Rio Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Nirihuau). Material examined. 1 ♂, ARGENTINA, Andes Mts., Siera de Famatina, Famatina vill., 15.km NNW, 14.ix.2017, 28°46'S, 67°35'W, 2085m, 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."]}

In the first part of the publication, we present the faunal list of Pyraloidea of South Ossetia, including 111 species of 64 genera, belonging to two families. For the first time, 96 species are reported for South Ossetia. Scoparia manifestella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) and Scoparia perplexella (Zeller, 1839) are found in the Caucasus for the first time, and the new species Scoparia sinevi Streltzov, 2022 is currently indicated as an endemic of South Ossetia., The authors express their gratitude to R. Bakhanov (Gorno-Altaisk), A. Dzhussoev†, F. Dzagoev, V. Tedeev, and V. Gabaev (all Tskhinvali) for organizing the field studies in the South Ossetia in June-July of 2021. For finding rare publications, we are grateful to Yu. Komarov and R. Pukhaev (Vladikavkaz). In conclusion, we would like to thank all the people of South Ossetia, whom we met during the expedition, for their help and politeness towards us and our work. Research by Roman Yakovlev and Petr Ustyuzhanin was supported by a grant from Altai State University No.15/22‐VG(11 April 2022) "Lepidoptera of South Ossetia".

Available information on the Israeli plume moths is rather scarce and outdated. Prior to our investigation, 41 species were recorded from the country. The material from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv yielded another four species: Agdistis bellissima Arenberger, 1975; Marasmarcha ehrenbergiana (Zeller, 1841); Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758); and Wheeleria so­beidae (Arenberger, 1981). Five species are endemics or sub-endemics of Israel: Hellinsia aegyptiacus (Rebel, 1914); Hellinsia scholastica (Meyrick, 1924); Agdistis pygmaea Amsel, 1955; Agdistis nigra Amsel, 1955; Capperia fletcheri Adamczewski, 1951. The diversity of ecologies in Israel suggests that the plume moth fauna in the country may substantially increase through a targeted collection effort.

Sphenarches erythrodactylus (Fletcher, 1911) Oxyptilus erythrodactylus Fletcher, 1911: 281 (Type locality: Transvaal, S. Africa). Material examined: 1 ♀, Bongema, 16−28.xii.2019. Leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Gennady Kalnoi. Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Sierra Leone., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Sinyaev, Viktor & Streltzov, Alexander, 2020, Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa), pp. 26-30 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 27, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8044035

Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852) Aciptilus albidus Zeller, 1852: 397 (Type locality: S. Africa, KwaZulu-Natal). Alucita endophaea Meyrick, 1930: 567 (Type locality: Mozambique, Laurenço Marques). Material examined: 1 ♂, Bongema, 16−28.xii.2019; 1 ♂, Giehum, 22−29.ii.2020. Leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Gennady Kalnoi. Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Gambia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zaire, Uganda, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Reunion Isl., Botswana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sierra Leone; Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Kei Island, Irian Jaya, Fiji Islands., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Sinyaev, Viktor & Streltzov, Alexander, 2020, Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa), pp. 26-30 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 28, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8044035

Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) Marasmarcha tenax Meyrick, 1913: 268 (Type locality: Mpumalanga, Barberton, Rep. S. Africa). Exelastis bergeri Bigot, 1969: 176. (Type locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Equateur, Eala 5 km E of Mbandaka). Material examined: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Bongema, 16−28.xii.2019; 1 ♂, 01−09.i.2020; 1 ♂, 13−20.i.2020; 1 ♂, Bodu, 21−30.i.2020; 1 ♂, Giehum, 03−12.ii.2020. Leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Gennady Kalnoi. Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Sierra Leone., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Sinyaev, Viktor & Streltzov, Alexander, 2020, Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa), pp. 26-30 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 28, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8044035

Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Sinyaev, Viktor, Streltzov, Alexander (2020): Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 35: 26-30, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.35.3

Pterophorus lampra (Bigot, 1969) Aciptilia lampra Bigot, 1969: 204 (Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur, Busira). Material examined: 1 ♂, Bongema, 16-28.xii.2019; 9 ex., Giehum, 03−12.ii.2020; 3 ex., 14−21.ii. 2020. Leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Gennady Kalnoi. Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Uganda (De Prins, De Prins 2020), Sierra Leone., Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Sinyaev, Viktor & Streltzov, Alexander, 2020, Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa), pp. 26-30 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 28, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8044035, {"references":["De Prins J, De Prins W (2020) AfroMoths. Online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. afromoths. net"]}