Scrobipalpa inferna Povolný, 1973 Figs 41, 100 Scrobipalpa inferna Povolný 1973: 20. Type material examined. Holotype of S. inferna ♂, Mongolia, Uvs aimak, Senke des Sees Ačit nuur, 26 km NO von Fluss Altan gadasin Chev gol, 33 km WSW von Pass Zenklegijn davaa, 2150, 4.vii.1968 | No. 1063, gen. slide no. Gz. 3933 [remounted by OB] (SMNK). The slide of female genitalia, same data as holotype, no. Gz. 4015 [the corresponding specimen has not been traced in SMNK]. Material examined. 1 ♂, Russia, Altai Mts, 50°14-16’N 87°50-55’E, Kuraiskaja step, 1500–1700 m, 13.vii.2001 (Nupponen) (gen. slide 253/16, OB) (Barcode TLMF Lep 28349) (NUPP); 1 ♂, Russia, Altai Republic, Kosh-Agach Distr., Chagan-Uzun env., Krasnaya Gorka hill, 50°05′00″N; 88°25′15″E, rocky steppe, 1870 m, 23.vi.2017 (Šumpich) (Barcode NMPC-Lep-0937); 1 ♂, same data as for preceding but 1–3.vii.2019 (Barcode NMPC-Lep-1109) (Šumpich) (all NMPC). Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AEC8323. The intraspecific average distance of the barcode region is 0% (n=3). The minimum distance to the nearest neighbour, S. eremica Povolný, 1967 (BIN: BOLD:ADF7437), is 3.83%. Distribution. Mongolia (Povolný 1973: 20), Russia (new record): Altai.

Published as part of BIDZILYA, OLEKSIY, HUEMER, PETER & ŠUMPICH, JAN, 2022, Taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in southern Siberia, pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 5218 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5218.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7409836