title: Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species.
abstract: The Elachista puplesisi group is defined. Its characterization is based on two species, E. puplesisi Sruoga, 2000, known from the holotype collected in Turkmenistan and E. helia sp. nov., from Rhodos, Greece. The group is assigned to the subgenus Atachia of Elachista, but its affinities within Atachia remain unknown.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.; Email: lauri.kaila@helsinki.fi.
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaila
authors.affiliation: Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania.; Email: virginijus.sruoga@leu.lt.
authors.forename: Virginijus
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sruoga
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size