Homaloxestis aganacma Diakonoff, 1968

Park, Kyu-Tek & Byun, Bong-Kyu, 2007, Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1449, pp. 57-64 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176219
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6251601
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scientific name	Homaloxestis aganacma Diakonoff, 1968
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1. Homaloxestis aganacma Diakonoff, 1968 View in CoL

Homaloxestis aganacma Diakonoff, 1968: 129 View in CoL . Type locality (TL): Luzon, Philippines. Type in USNM.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 13 mm. This species was described from a single female from Luzon. The female genitalia are similar to those of H. luzonensis but can be distinguished from the latter by the elongate, rhomboid signum.

Female genitalia. See Diakonoff (1968: fig. 188); antrum cup-shaped, broader distally, weakly sclerotized. Signum rhomboid, elongate, uniformly spinulate on surface.

Material examined. 1Ψ (holotype), Luzon, Mt. Makiling ( Baker), gen. prep. no. USNM-89993. Type in USNM.

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon).

Remarks. No additional specimens of H. aganacma Diakonoff have been recorded, despite the fact that many specimens were collected in the vicinity of its type locality.