Fauna of Psychidae (Lepidoptera) of the Ulyanovsk Oblast (Middle Volga, Russia) Author Volkova, Julia S. Ulyanovsk State University, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya Ulitsa, 1, RUS- 432063, Ulyanovsk, Russia. & Sengileevskie gory National park, Karl Marx str., 29, RUS- 432001, Ulyanovsk, Russia. Author Prozorov, Alexey M. 0000-0002-5668-0741 University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali. E-mail: alexeymprozorov @ gmail. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5668 - 0741 Author Kryuchkov, Sergey N. Undory Paleontological Museum, Shkolnaya Ulitsa, 5 a, RUS- 433340, Undory, Russia. E-mail: sergey-kryuchkov 00 @ mail. ru, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2406 - 352 X Author Pavlov, Pavel O. 0000-0001-9740-3532 Sengileevskie gory National park, Karl Marx str., 29, RUS- 432001, Ulyanovsk, Russia. E-mail: pavelmml @ mail. ru, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9740 - 3532 Author Yakovlev, Roman V. 0000-0001-9512-8709 Altai State University, pr. Lenina 61, RUS- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. E-mail: yakovlev _ asu @ mail. ru, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9512 - 8709 & Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, RUS- 634050 Tomsk, Russia. Author Anikin, Vasilii V. 0000-0001-8575-5418 Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Street, 83, RUS- 410012, Saratov, Russia. E-mail: anikinvasiliiv @ mail. ru, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8575 - 5418 * Corresponding author. E-mail: beeme 7 @ mail. ru, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4014 - 3140 text Ecologica Montenegrina 2022 2022-11-16 58 109 121 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.58.10 journal article 10.37828/em.2022.58.10 2336-9744 13241156 17. Megalophanes graslinella (Boisduval, 1852) ( Figs 26 , 44 ) Material : ♂ , Ulyanovsk city, ecological park “ Black lake ,” in cobweb, 54.29965N , 48.34837E , 22.IV.2001 , A. V . Rohletsova ( Fig. 48 , site 5) . Biologia . Inhabits swampy areas, peat bogs, steppes, and xerothermic areas up to 2300 m above sea level. Adults occur from the end of April until the end of June, active in sunny weather during the daytime. Male cases are usually found on the ground in grass, while female cases are higher up; in northern Europe, they are usually found between the needles on young pines in peat bog areas. Caterpillars are polyphagous, feed on grass preferring heather ( Ericaceae ). Distribution in Russia . Recorded from the Kaliningrad Oblast to Baikal Region ( Sinev and Lovtsova, 2008 ). In the Volga Region, the species is known from Volgograd , Saratov , and Ulyanovsk Oblasts and the Republic of Kalmykia ( Anikin et al. , 2017 ).