Agonopterix broennoeensis ( Strand, 1920 )

Zhu, Xiaoju, Zhang, Li & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, New species and newly recorded species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from China, Zootaxa 5258 (4), pp. 379-404 : 394

Agonopterix broennoeensis ( Strand, 1920)

( Figs 19 , 41 , 50 )

Depressaria flavella var. broennoeensis Strand, 1920: 68 .

Agonopterix broennoeensis ( Strand, 1920) : Palm, 1989: 74.

Material examined. CHINA, Heilongjiang: 1♁, Yichun , 10.VII.1964, slide No. ZL 09034 ( IZCAS) ; Xinjiang: 1♀, Weihugou, Jimusaer , 1734 m, 10.VIII.2007, leg. XP Wang et al., slide No. ZL 09002 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 19 ). Wingspan 20.0 mm. Agonopterix broennoeensis is characterized by the ductus bursae with small spines in posterior 1/3, and denser from posterior 1/6 to posterior 1/ 4 in the female genitalia ( Figs 50, 50a ). It is similar to A. kaekeritziana ( Linnaeus, 1767) in genital characteristics, and can be distinguished ( Fig. 41 ) by the phallus with stout cornuti, which is slender in kaekeritziana ; in the female genitalia by the signum placed in the anterior half while the signum is placed in the posterior half in A. kaekeritziana ( Buchner & Šumpich, 2020: 211: fig. 44, 215: fig. 65).

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang), Northern Europe, Russia ( Buchner & Šumpich 2020).

Figures

FIGURES 17‒23. Adults of Agonopterix spp. 17, A. arenella, ♀; 18, A. bipunctosa, ♁; 19, A. broennoeensis, ♀; 20, A. kaekeritziana, ♁; 21, A. kirgizella, ♁; 22, A. ochrocephala, ♁; 23, A. septicella, ♁. Scales = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 36‒41. Male genitalia of Agonopterix spp. 36, A. sphaeroidea sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZL08106; 37, A. abditella, slide No. ZL09014; 38, A. angelicella, slide No. ZL08192; 39, A. arctica, slide No. ZL08167; 40, A. bipunctosa, slide No. ZL08225; 41, A. broennoeensis, slide No. ZL09034. Scales = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 50‒52. Female genitalia of Agonopterix spp. 50, A. broennoeensis, slide No. ZL09002, 50a, enlarged region of ostium; 51, A. ochrocephala, slide No. ZXJ20566; 52, A. septicella, slide No. ZL08067; 50a-52a, enlarged ostium. Scales = 0.5 mm, 50a-51a = 0.1 mm, 52a = 0.05 mm.