Agonopterix septicella ( Snellen, 1884 )

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 : 401-402

Agonopterix septicella ( Snellen, 1884)

( Figs 23 , 45 , 52 )

Depressaria septicella Snellen, 1884: 162 .

Agonopterix septicella ( Snellen, 1884) : Hannemann, 1959: 38.

Material examined. CHINA, Heilongjiang: 11♁ 4♀, Mt. Kalun , 120 m, 25.VII.1997, leg. HH Li, slide Nos. W 96047♁, W97004 ♀, W97010♁, ZL08065♁, ZL08066♁, ZL08067♁, L97168♁, L97169 ♀, L97170 ♀, L97178♁; 1♁ 1♀, Heihe, 170 m, 26.VII.1997, leg. HH Li, slide Nos. W 97007 ♀, ZL08057♁; 6♁, Heihe, 400 m, 27.VII.1997, leg. HH Li, slide Nos. W 97005, W97009, L97171, L97182, L97183, ZL09020; 1♁, Heihe, 500 m, 28.VII.1997, leg. HH Li, slide No. L 97172; 3♁, Xiaogushan, Wudalianchi, 270 m, 30.VII.1997, leg. HH Li, slide Nos. W 96055, W97006, L97179 ; Jilin: 1♁, Huangsongpu, Baihe , 4.VIII.2009, leg. WC Li & JY Liu, slide No. ZL 09044 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 23 ). Wingspan 14.5–17.0 mm. Agonopterix septicella can be distinguished by the cuiller curved in S shape in the male genitalia ( Fig. 45 ), and by the elliplical signum in the female genitalia ( Figs 52, 52a ). It can be hardly separated from A. heracliana ( Linnaeus, 1758) in the male genitalia, but can be distinguished by the forewing without a white spot before the outer margin of the cell, which is present in A. heracliana (Huisman 2012: 85, fig. 14).

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), Russia, South Korea ( Lvovsky 2001a).

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 42‒45. Male genitalia of Agonopterix spp. 42, A. kaekeritziana, slide No. W00145; 43, A. kirgizella, slide No. ZL09023; 44, A. ochrocephala, slide No. ZXJ20519; 45, A. septicella, slide No. L97183. 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.