Autosticha modicella (Christoph, 1882)

Ponomarenko, M. G., 2022, Functional morphology of the male genitalia of the family Autostichidae (Lepidoptera) with description of a new genus and a new species from the Russian Far East, Far Eastern Entomologist 464, pp. 7-20 : 14-15

Autosticha modicella (Christoph, 1882)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Primorskii krai, Khasanskii district, 59 km SW

Slavyanka , Furugelm Isl. , 42°27′55″N 130°55′10″E, 6, 10.VIII 2013, 2 ♂ (Ponomarenko leg.); Vladivostok, 5 km SEE Okeanskaya, 0.5 km E Shamorovskii pass, Bogataya Griva range, 240 m a.s.l. 43°13'01 N, 132°03'48 E, 15.VII 2016 2 ♂ (Ponomarenko leg.) .

MUSCULOSKELETAL APPARATUS OF MALE GENITALIA ( Figs 12–14 ). In musculoskeletal apparatus eight paired muscles (m 1, m 2, m 3, m 4, m 5, m 6, m 7, m 10) and two unpaired muscles (m 21, m 28). Muscles m 1, m 2, m 4, m 10, m 21 and m 28 have same attachment and functioning as described for L. eclecticus , moreover muscles m 2 and m 4 placed with similar spatial cross. There are some differences in attachment of following muscles:

m 2 – ventral end of muscle penetrated the valva and attached on the its lateral wall from the inside ( Figs 12, 14 );

m 4 – ventral end of muscle attached to dorsal margin of medial wall of valva ( Fig. 14 );

m 5 – stretched from dorsal margin of lateral wall of valva to small caecum of aedeagus (Figs

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m 6 – stretched from ventral surface of apical part of saccus to middle part of aedeagus ventrally ( Figs 12–14 );

m 7 – well-developed intravalvar muscles, stretched from valvar base to anterior edge of separated distal part ( Figs 12, 14 ).

lateral view; 13 – aedeagus, lateral view; 14 – unrolled view, aedeagus removed.

Figures

Figs 12–14. Autosticha modicella, functional morphology of the male genitalia. 12 –