Agdistis pseudomeyi
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Name
Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich, Vasily, 2015, Zootaxa 4033: 560-561.
Materials Examined
Type material. Holotype ♂ (BMNH22750), S. Africa Rep., Northern Cape, 80 km SW of Springbok, Namaqua National Park, S 3003 ′ E 1727 ′, 120 m, 05.x. 2009, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. Paratypes: 5 ♂, same data as holotype, (DNMNH15273, CUK), 1 ♂, (DNMNH15759) Rep. S. Africa, Western Cape, Matjesfontein, 3313 ′S 2035 ′E, 18. x. 1954, G. van Son.
External characters. Wingspan 21–22 mm, holotype21 mm. Forewing grey with four dark spots, three of which aligned in dorsal part of wing. Basal spot small, indistinct; middle spot slightly larger than basal spot; distal spot even larger and rounded as compared to other spots. Fourth spot in distal part of wing costal margin, faintly connected with dorsodistal part. Hindwing grey. Fringe of both wings pale grey.
Description
Male genitalia. Valvae symmetrical, narrow, furcate at distal part; base of valva with small folds. Costal processes well defined, at distal part separated and sole-like. Uncus oval, with triangle cut in apical part. Sternum VIII with deep oval notch. Phallus slightly arched, a little shorter than the length of valva. Female unknown.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.A. pseudomeyi is distinctive by the form of the valva and the oval notch of sternum VIII in the male. The species is similar to Agdistis meyi Arenberger, 2008, but differs from it by the shape of the uncus, costal processes of the valvae and the arched phallus.
Distribution
Distribution.Republic of South Africa (Northern and Western Cape). Flight period. October.
Etymology
Etymology. The naming of the species is due to the similarity to the closely related species Agdistis meyi.
Taxon Treatment
- Kovtunovich, Vasily; Ustjuzhanin, Petr; 2015: New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7, Zootaxa 4033: 560-561. doi
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