Megacraspedus (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) of the Altai Mountains with description of a new species belonging to the M. majorella group Author Šumpich, Jan 0000-0002-0262-2941 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic jansumpich@seznam.cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2022 2022-12-16 62 2 401 409 http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.022 journal article 10.37520/aemnp.2022.022 86b534ce-c1c3-4136-98bf-67ec1d346a70 1804-6487 7617226 B50198A3-A761-4BCE-B7EA-A892DBED6FD3 Megacraspedus podolicus ( Toll, 1942 ) ( Figs 13–14 ) Chilopselaphus podolicus Toll, 1942 . Type locality: western Ukraine . Records. HUEMER & KARSHOLT (2018) :Aktash; PONOMARENKO (2019) (checklist); HUEMER & TOKÁR (2021) : Altai Mts. Material examined. RUSSIA : ALTAI REPUBLIC : Aktash vill., 50°19′12″N ; 87°36′00″E , grassy steppe, rocks, 1400 m , 11.vii.2014 , 1 ♂ (Barcode TLMF Lep 19983 ) (gen. prep. GU16/1459 P. Huemer), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC ); 45 km N of Ulagan vill., Chulyshman valley, 51°01′03″N ; 88°00′39″E , grassy steppe, rocks, 600 m , 26.–27.vi.2019 , 2 ♂♂ , J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC ); the same locality but 4.–5.vii.2019 , 3 ♂♂ (gen. prep. Šumpich 21379), J. Šumpich leg. ( NMPC ). Molecular data. BIN BOLD :ADB8683 (n = 5; 1 public, 1 from Altai). The average intraspecific divergence of the barcode region is 0.33% (maximum 0.88%). The distance to the nearest neighbour, a specimen from Croatia , in BOLD currently identified as M. balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907) ( BIN : AEC 7522 , n = 1), is 2.24% (p-dist). The distance to the second nearest neighbour, M. balneariellus ( BIN : ADR2637 , n = 2), is 6.3% (p-dist). Figs 19–21. Habitats of Megacraspedus species. 19–20 – M. bidzilyai sp. nov. , Russia,Altai Mts. 21 – M. latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 , Kyrgyzstan, North Tian-Shan Mts. (19 – photographed by Z. Růžičková, 21 – photographed by I. Dvořák). Distribution. Austria , Hungary , Romania , Russia (S Ural, Altai Mts), Ukraine ( HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018 ). Remark. The first report from the Altai Mountains ( HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018 ) was based on the above presented record from Aktash in 2014.