Polychrysia esmeralda ( Oberthür, 1880 )

Korb, S. K. & Matov, A. Yu., 2020, A new species of the genus Polychrysia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae) from the Inner Tian-Shan, Kyrgyzstan, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 29 (1), pp. 70-74 : 72-73

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2020.29.1.70
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scientific name	Polychrysia esmeralda ( Oberthür, 1880 )
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Polychrysia esmeralda ( Oberthür, 1880) View in CoL

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Plusia moneta var. esmeralda Oberthür, 1880: 85 View in CoL .

Material examined. Kyrgyzstan: Chuy Prov.: Kirghizskiy Range, Ala-Archa National Park , 42°39′N 74°30′E, 2400 m, 23.VII.2014, S.K. Korb leg., 2 males ( SKK) GoogleMaps ; Kyrghizskiy Range, Chon-Kuurchak valley , 2600 m asl, 3–6.VIII.2017, A. Baryshev leg., 1 male, slide K647 ( SKK) ; Suusamyrtoo Mts , Kyzyl-Oy environs, 41°57′N, 74°09′E, 1900 m asl, 1.VIII.2000, I. Pliushch leg., 1 male ( ZMKU) GoogleMaps ; Naryn Prov.: Inner Tian-Shan, Min-Kush Settlm. , 41°40′N, 74°27′E, 2300 m asl, 2.VIII.2000, I. Pliushch leg., 1 male ( ZMKU) GoogleMaps ; Dzhumgaltoo Range, Sary-Kayky Massif, right bank of Karakol River , 42°11.300′N 74°03.193′E, 2093 m asl, 17.VII.2015, 25.VII.2016, 19.VII.2017, S.K. Korb leg., 54 males, 9 females, slides K625–K645 ( SKK) GoogleMaps ; same locality and collector, 17.VII.2015, 1 male, slide OP 3324m ( OP) GoogleMaps ; Suusamyrtoo Mts, Kekemeren River valley , 41°59.211′N, 74°09.396′E, 1700 m asl, 26.VII.2016, S.K. Korb leg., 1 male ( SKK) GoogleMaps . Kazakhstan, “ Ala Tau ”, Haberhauer leg., 1 male, slide K125 ( ZMHU) . Mongolia, “Changai” [ Khangai Mts ], collector unknown, 1 male ( ZMHU) . Russia: “ Altai ”, Kindermann leg., 1 male, slide K132 ( ZMHU) ; Primorskiy Terr .: Askold I., Dörries leg., 1 male, slide K131 ( ZMHU) ; “Ussuri Terr.”, Vinogradovka Settlm. , 3.VII.1929, Djakonov & Filipjev, 1 male, slide Matov 0524 ( ZISP) . China, Tibet: Qinghai Prov., Kuku-Nor [lake], 1898, Rückbeil leg., 1 male, 1 female, slide K122 ( ZMHU) ; Qinghai Prov., “Sining” [ Xining ], 1895, Rückbeil leg., 1 male, slide K123 ( ZMHU) .

Distribution. Russia (Ural, Siberia, Far East including Kamchatka Peninsula, and Kuril Islands), Kyrghyzstan, Mongolia, China, Canada (South Manitoba, South Saskatchewan, Alberta, and North-West British Columbia), and USA (Alaska).