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Agdistis toliarensis Bigot 1987

Description

Agdistis toliarensis Bigot, 1987.

(Fig. 15)

Material examined. 1 ♀, (CUK), Swaziland, Mlawula N.R., S 2612′ E 3200′, 150 m, 14–15.x.2009, V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin.

Female genitalia. Apophyses posteriores thin, long, widened at their apex. Apophyses anteriores short and thick. Antrum wide and short, with deep cut and clearly defined long strands, extending up to papillae anales. Ductus short, passing into long oval bursa copulatrix. Ductus seminalis long, oval, exceeds length of bursa copulatrix.

Note. The female was previously unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Kovtunovich, Vasily & Ustjuzhanin, Petr, 2015, New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7, pp. 555-566 in Zootaxa 4033 (4) on pages 563-564, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233104

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bigot
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Agdistis
Species
toliarensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Agdistis toliarensis Bigot, 1987 sec. Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2015