Ortholepis betulae (Goeze in De Geer & Goeze, 1778 )

Ortholepis betulae (Goeze in De Geer & Goeze, 1778)

( Figs 6a–b View FIGURES 6–7 )

Material examined: Zhytomyr reg., Korosten distr., 1.5 km NE Voroneve vill. , left bank of Vuzh River , 51°0’20”N, 28°43’23”E, at light, 3–4.VI.2019, 1♂ V. Yepishin leg. and gen. prep. 835.25s. (VYe) GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Ukraine: Kyiv reg.: Sovinskij 1935: 86 ( Salebria ); Lebedev 1937: 50 ( Salebria ). Chernihiv reg.: Smetanin 1981: 108 ( Meriostola); Govorun et al. 2003: 183, 2004: 35. Sumy reg.: Govorun 2003a: 50, 2004b: 30, 2005: 252, 2008a: 41, 2018b: 41. Lviv reg.: Brunicki 1912: 150 ( Salebria ). Ternopil reg.: Toll 1939: 150 ( Salebria ). Cherkasy reg.: Sovinskij 1935: 86 ( Salebria ); Govorun 2003c: 199. Ivano-Frankivsk reg.: Bidzilya et al. 2006: 32. Chernivtsi reg.: Hormuzaki 1907: 54 ( Salebria ). Luhansk reg.: Demyanenko 2019: 160. First record from Zhytomyr region.

Remarks. Adults of O. betulae ( Fig. 6a View FIGURES 6–7 ) are quite similar to Pyla fusca ( Fig. 7a View FIGURES 6–7 ) but differ in relatively wider wings and structural features of the head appendages ( Figs 6b, 7b View FIGURES 6–7 ). The labial palps of O. betulae are shorter and straighter, directed upwards and forwards, unlike P. fusca , which has them slightly rounded and curved back.