Syrichtus cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) (= Muschampia cribrellum) - Spinose Skipper.

Range: Steppes of Euroasia from E Europe through Ural, Siberia and Mongolia to the Great Hinggan Mts.

ssp: obscurior (Staudinger, 1892); range: east of the Altai Mts.

Wings closed, on Pulsatilla

A Dahurian meadow steppe of a prairie type on a moderate elevation of Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Provibce, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 20th June 1995. O. Kosterin.

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