NEW SPECIES AND RECORDS OF PLUME MOTHS OF THE GENUS AGDISTIS HÜBNER, 1825 (LEPIDOPTERA: PTEROPHORIDAE: AGDISTINAE) FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. 2

Authors

  • V. N. Kovtunovich Moscow Society of Nature Explorers
  • P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin Siberian division of the Russian Entomological Society

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-3-216-218

Keywords:

Pterophoridae, Agdistinae, Agdistis, plume moths, Southern Africa, new species

Abstract

5 new species of plume moths: Agdistis kevintucki sp.n., A. anikini sp. n., A. dazdraperma sp. n., A. swierstri sp. n., A. myburgi sp. n. are described from South Africa. The hitherto unknown female genitalia of Agdistis arenbergeri Gielis and Agdistis lomholdti Gielis are illustrated.

References

Arenberger, E. Die Agdistis-Arten der athiopischen Region (2. Beitrag) (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) // Stapfia, 1988. 16. P. 13-25.

Arenberger, E. Zur Verbreitung der Gattung Agdistis im südlichen Afrika – 4. Beitrag (Lepidoptera) // Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen, 2001. P. 53:37-40. Fig. 1-3.

Kovtunovich V.N., Ustjuzhanin P.Ya. New species and records of Plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hubner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Southern Africa // Amurian zoological journal (Амурский зоологический журнал), 2009, 1(1). С. 37-44.

Published

2009-09-30

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