Agonopterix arctica ( Strand, 1902 )

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 : 392

Agonopterix arctica ( Strand, 1902)

( Figs 16 , 39 )

Depressaria arctica Strand, 1902: 3 .

Agonopterix arctica ( Strand, 1902) : Palm, 1989: 47.

Material examined. CHINA, Xinjiang: 1♁, Baihaba, Habahe , 1264 m, 27.VII.2007, leg. XP Wang et al., slide No. ZL 08167 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 16 ). Wingspan 15.0 mm. Agonopterix arctica is distinguishable by the small triangular socii in the male genitalia ( Fig. 39 ). It is similar to A. conterminella ( Zeller, 1839) in the male genitalia, and can be distinguished by the cell with neither an arched black stripe at middle nor a white spot on its outer margin. In A. conterminella , the cell has an arched black stripe at middle and has a white spot on the outer margin (Huisman 2012: 84, fig. 12).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia ( Lvovsky 2001a).

Figures

FIGURES 9‒16. Adults of Agonopterix spp. 9, A. nephimacula sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 10, A. nivimacularis sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 11, A. parallela sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 12, A. simipullella sp. nov., paratype, ♁; 13, A. sphaeroidea sp. nov., holotype, ♁; 14, A. abditella, ♁; 15, A. angelicella; 16, A. arctica. 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.