Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin

Kovtunovich, Vasily & Ustjuzhanin, Petr, 2015, New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7, Zootaxa 4033 (4), pp. 555-566 : 556

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D845148-DEDA-4F44-BFD4-C469C311E4A8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093244
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B87987A2-FFB3-672E-A0DF-9681FA60FA09
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs.1–2 View FIGURES 1 – 2

Type material: Holotype ♂, ( ZISP 1816) S. Africa Rep., Northern Cape, 80 km SW of Springbok, Namaqua N.P., S 2957′ E 1739′, h 632 m, 18.xi.2010, leg. V. Kovtunovich & A. Sochivko. Paratype: 1 ♂, ( BMNH 21977), Cape Province, Prince Albert Rd., Frbr. 1921. R.E. Turner., Brit. Mus. 1921–115.

External characters. Wingspan 21.5– 24 mm, holotype 21.5 mm. Forewing grey with four dark spots. One of them larger, oval-shaped, located in discal cell. Distal part of forewing with black narrow streaks at costal margin. Fringe of outer margin grey with alternating darker areas. Hindwing and its fringe unicolorous grey.

Male genitalia. Valvae symmetrical, narrow, knee-bent, slightly widened in distal part (the genitalia preparation on the slide, shown in Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 2 , appears asymmetrical. This is distortion due to dissection technique). Costal processes long, slightly smaller than the length of the valva, narrow in basal part, widened in middle part and narrowed again in distal part. Uncus small, furcate. Lobes of sternum VIII rather long and thin. In middle part of sternum VIII there are wide folds on the sides. Phallus thin, long, slightly curved, equal to the length of valva.

Female unknown.

Diagnosis. A. sergeii is similar to A. malitiosa Meyrick, 1909 , both species having similarly shaped sternumVIII, uncus and phallus. These species differ from each other by the angled valve, wider costal process of valve, as well as folds on the sides of sternum VIII in E. sergeii .

Distribution. Rep. S. Africa (Northern Cape).

Flight period. November.

Etymology. The species is named in honour of Sergei Kovtunovich, brother of the first author of the article.