Synaphe bombycalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Yepishin, Viktor, Khalaim, Yevhenii, Demyanenko, Serhii, Govorun, Oleksandr, Novytskyi, Sergiy & Tsykal, Serhii, 2025, New records of little known pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from different regions of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5696 (1), pp. 1-27 : 3-4

Synaphe bombycalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

( Figs 1, 2a–b )

Material examined: Odesa reg., Odesa, 25, 28.V.1908, 2♂ L. Sheljuzhko leg. ( ZMKU) .

Distribution in Ukraine: Kirovohrad reg.: Schugurow 1907: 21 ( Cledeobia bombycalis var. provincialis ). Kherson reg.: Obraztsov 1937: 232 ( Cledeobia bombycalis provincialis ); Schneider et al. 1985: 229 ( bembycalis [ lap. cal.]). Zaporizhzhia reg.: Schneider et al. 1985: 229 ( bembycalis [ lap. cal.]). Crimea: Schneider et al. 1985: 229 ( bembycalis [ lap. cal.]). First record from Odesa region.

Remarks. In Ukrainian collections, S. bombycalis is represented only in the ZMKU by old specimens, from Odesa ( Fig. 1 ) and from the Askania-Nova Reserve, modern finds from Ukraine are unknown to us. The species identity of the specimens from both of these localities was also verified by genitalia dissection ( Figs 2a–b ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Synaphe spp.: 1. Male of S. bombycalis, wingspan 25.5 mm, Odesa. 2. Male genitalia of S. bombycalis, 849.25s, Odesa: 2a. Ventral view; 2b. Aedeagus. 3. Male of S. antennalis (in situ), Tulyntsi. 4. Male genitalia of S. antennalis, 847.25s, Yasynuvate: 4a. Ventral view; 4b. Aedeagus. 5a. Female of S. antennalis, 852.25s, wingspan 29 mm, Kyiv; 5b. genitalia.