New Species and Subspecies of the Little-known Genus
Hemiprosopa
(Lepidoptera, Elachistidae)
from Asiatic Russia

S. Yu. Sinev

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia

Received June 17, 1997

Abstract—Representatives of the little-known genus Hemiprosopa Braun, established for a single species from
North America, were found for the first time in the Palearctic. A new subspecies of the type species, H. albella
asiatica
ssp.n. from Transbaikalia, and a new species, H. altaica sp.n. from the Altai Mountains are described.


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