Vasily Nikolaevich Kovtunovich

Vasily Nikolaevich Kovtunovich, Russian entomologist.

• Moscow Society of Nature Explorers, Bolshaya Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, RU–103009, Russia.

Taxon names authored

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• 167 taxon names authored by Vasily Nikolaevich Kovtunovich

Publications

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2009

• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. 2009: New species and records of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from Southern Africa. Amurian Zoological Journal 1(3): 216–218. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2009. The plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam, with description of a new species of Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 3-10. Reference page. 

2010

• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Kovtunovich, V.N., 2010: On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic). Euroasian Entomological Journal 9(4): 689-719. Reference page. 

2014

• Kovtunovich, V.; Ustjuzhanin, P.; Murphy, R. 2014: Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3847(4): 451–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. 2015. New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7. Zootaxa 4033(4): 555–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. 2015a. New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 6. African Invertebrates 56(1): 137-145. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2015. A new species of the genus Arcoptilia Arenberger (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Angola. Zootaxa 4006(1): 198–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2015. Three new species of the genus Pterophorus Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from the Indo-Malayan Region. Entomological Review 95(9): 1251–1256. Original Russian Text published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2015, 94(4): 848–851.DOI: 10.1134/S0013873815090146 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K., 2015: New species of African Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3957(1): 137–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.12 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K., 2015a: A new species of plume moth (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Jordan. Zoology in the Middle East 61(1): DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1020619. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2015. P. USTJUZHANIN, V. KOVTUNOVICH & A. USTJUZHANINA (2015) New species of African Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). Zootaxa, 3957(1): 137–142. (ERRATUM) Zootaxa 3994(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. 2016: Alucita zinovievi, new species of many-plumed moth from Cameroon (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) Amurian Zoological Journal 8(4): 299–300. Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Marquez, M. & Ustjuzhanina, A. 2016. Five new species of the genus Singularia Arenberger, 1988 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 247: 1–11. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.247 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.5 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2016. New species of South African Plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Russian Entomological Journal 25(2): 167–171. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2016. Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. Entomological Review 96(8): 1115–1118. Original Russian text published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 2016, 95(4): 889–891. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873816080169 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2016. A new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from the south of the West Siberian Plain. Far Eastern Entomologist 322: 17–20. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Anikin, V. & Aarvik, L. 2016. Additions to the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Uganda. Zootaxa 4132(3): 393–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7. Reference page. 

2017

• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y, de Morney, M., Udovichenko, P. & Bezverkhov, Yu.A. 2017. Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Zootaxa 4350(3): 574–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.9. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2017. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from highlands of the Altai-Sayan mountainous country. Russian Entomological Journal 26(3): 267-268. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2017a. Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7(4): 640-643. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Sáfián, S. 2017. New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 4247(2): 194–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.2.13. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y, Rekelj, J., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2017. Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) fauna of the Republic of Tuva. Zootaxa 4319(2): 317–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.3. Reference page. 

2018

• Ustjuzhanin, P.A., Kovtunovich, V.N., Sáfián, S., Maicher, V. & Tropek, R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many- plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). ZooKeys 777: 119–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.777.24729 full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K., 2018: New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa 4438(1): 167–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.9 Reference page. .

2019

• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Streltzov, A.N. 2019. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 1-3. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2019. New species of plume moths from South Africa (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(186): 379-381. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Hobern, D., 2019: A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571(3): 373–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.5 Reference page. .

2020

• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024. Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon. ZooKeys 1193: 25–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A.N. & Tropek, R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. ZooKeys 935: 103–119. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.935.49843. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020. A new species and a new record of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Borneo Island. Far Eastern Entomologist 408: 21-24. DOI: 10.25221/fee.408.3. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020a. New plume moth species of the genus Calyciphora Kasy, 1960 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Kyrgyzstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 31: 20-22. DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.31.4. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020b. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.32.4. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020c. Two new species and new records of many-plumed moths of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa with corld catalogue of the genus. Russian Entomological Journal 29(4): 423–427. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.10. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020d. New species of many- plumed moth (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Russian Entomological Journal 29(2): 199-202. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.29.2.13. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2020e. A new species of Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Tajikistan. Ecologica Montenegrina 38: 245-248. DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.38.33. . Reference page. 

2021

• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin,P.Y., Streltzov, A.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2021. New species of Alucitidae from Republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 49(193): 123-127. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N., Pototski, A., Nupponen, K., Haverinen, R. & Streltzov, A.N. 2021. Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile). Ecologica Montenegrina 45: 16-23. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.45.4. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N., Saldaitis, A. & Streltzov, A.N. 2021a. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from China, Sichuan Province. Russian Entomological Journal 30(3): 323–327. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.30.3.10. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2021. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Ecologica Montenegrina 46: 84-97. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.46.7. . Reference page. 

2022

• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin,P.Y. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022. Two new species of plume moths of the genus Singularia Arenberger, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Colombia and Ecuador. Russian Entomological Journal 31(1): 62-64. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.31.1.11. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin,P.Y., Streltzov, A.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2022. New data on the Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Uganda with description of a new species. Ecologica Montenegrina 50: 52-55. DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.50.9. . Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Pototski, A. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022a. Two new species of the genus Hellinsia Tuff, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from South Africa. Far Eastern Entomologist 455: 1-6. DOI: 10.25221/fee.455.1. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin,P.Y., Sinyaev, V.V. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Colombia. Russian Entomological Journal 31(2): 172–178. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.31.2.14 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N., Müller, G.C., Prozorov, A.M. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022. Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Ethiopia. Part 2. Ecologica Montenegrina 53: 45-55. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N., Streltzov, A.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2022. Two new species of plume moths of the genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Paraguay. Ecologica Montenegrina 54: 12-17. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N., Pototski, A. & Haverinen, R. 2022b. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Argentina. Ecologica Montenegrina 58: 29-41. DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.58.3. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022. Merrifieldia arenbergeri - new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Republic of South Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 50: 47-51. DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.50.8. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022a. Overview of the species of the genus Picardia Gibeaux, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) in the world fauna, with description of new species. Ecologica Montenegrina 52: 12-23. DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.52.2. . Reference page. 

2023

• Kovtunovich, V.N., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Pototski, A. & Haverinen, R. 2023. To the plume moths fauna (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Kenya. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 127-138. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.17. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2023. Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Ethiopia Part 3. Ecologica Montenegrina 61: 31-42. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.61.4. . Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K. 2023. To the Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Sumatra (Indonesia). Ecologica Montenegrina 6630-35: 47-51. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.66.3. . Reference page. 

2024

• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. 2024. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Part 3. Ecologica Montenegrina 77: 1-11. DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.77.1. . Reference page. 
• Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. 2024a. New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Part 2. Zoosystematica Rossica 33(1): 85–91. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2024.33.1.85. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Prozorov, A.M. 2024. Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) – a new family for the fauna of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 1-4. Reference page. 

2025

• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V.N., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Fokam, E.B. & Tropek, R. 2025. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 1231: 145–168. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.139530 Reference page. 

2026

• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Spitsyn, V.M. 2026. Notes on the distribution and correct identification of Hellinsia albilobata (McDunnough, 1939) and Hellinsia mongolica (Zagulajev & Pentschukowskaya, 1972) from Russia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Ecologica Montenegrina 97: 1-11. DOI: 10.37828/em.2026.97.1. . Reference page.