New and interesting records of early spring and late autumn Heterocera species (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Altai Republic (Russia, South Siberia)

Twenty two species from the families of Chimabachidae, Ethmiidae, Crambidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Sphingidae, Erebidae and Noctuidae are reported from Altai Republic of Russia. Seven species are new to the Russian Altai among them Dasystoma salicella (Hübner, 1796), Ethmia aurifluella (Hübner, 1810), Ethmia discrepitella (Rebel, 1901), Agriphila deliella (Hübner, 1813), Rheumaptera neocervinalis (Inoue, 1982), Lemonia dumi (Linnaeus, 1761), Hyles churkini (Saldaitis et Ivinskis, 2006). New data on 15 rare and local species provided.