The Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Pavlodar region

In present study we review the Pterophoridae family of Pavlodar region (the Republic of Kazakhstan). We sampled 30 species of 13 genera; 29 of them are listed for the first time for Pavlodar region.

Literature provides almost no data on Pterophoridae of Pavlodar region.There is only one reference to Agdistis tamaricis Zeller for the city of Aksu, Arenberger (1995).
Pavlodar region is located in the north-eastern part of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the middle basin of the river Irtysh between 54°27.5'-49°55'N and from 73°22' to almost 80°E.Its area is 127.500km 2 .In the north and north-east it borders with the Russian Federation, Omsk and Novosibirsk regions, in the east -with the Altai Territory, in the south -with Karaganda and East Kazakhstan region, in the west -with the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions.The territory of Pavlodar region belongs to the natural steppe zone.
The area of Pavlodar region is divided into two geomorphological portions: the larger which is the plain area including the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain (with altitudes predominantly in the range of 100-200 m) and the smaller formed by mountains and low hills, occupying about a third of the area in the south and representing by the north-eastern outskirts of Kazakhstan Upland with a peculiar broken topography and altitudes from 150 to 1055 m.

MATHERIAL AND METHODS
We conducted a series of special entomological expeditions for the collection of Pterophoridae in Pavlodar region.The trapping was carried out by modern methods on the remote and stationary "light traps".The insects were also collected by the air butterfly net over the vegetation between the start and end of the twilight.Some specimens were trapped on odorous wine baits.
Note.Indicated for Aksu (Arenberger, 1995) but not found by us in Pavlodar region.