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46. Ectoedemia aligera Puplesis, 1985: 67 , 68.

Morphology update ( Figs 173–178 ): Inner margin of valva papillated ( Figs 174 , 178 ). Lateral arms of gnathos long and broadened distally ( Fig. 175 ). Ventral carinae of aedeagus comprise two ( Fig. 175 ) to five slender spine-like processes ( Fig. 177 ).

Material examined: 1 ♂, holotype, Primorskiy Kray, 20 km E Ussuriysk, Gornotayezhnoe , 9.vii.1983, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. E. J. van Nieukerken 2874 ( ZIN) ; 1 ♂, paratype, same label data, genitalia slide no. AG 369 ( ZIN) .

Figures

FIGURES 173–176. Male genitalia of Ectoedemia aligera Puplesis, holotype, slide no. E. J. van Nieukerken 2874 (ZIN). 173, general view; 174–176, focused from ventral to more dorsal. Scale bar 100 µm.

FIGURES 177–180. Male genitalia of Ectoedemia species. 177, E. aligera Puplesis, general view, paratype, slide no. AG 369 (ZIN); 178, same, ventral view; 179, E. ermolaevi Puplesis, general view, holotype, slide no. E. J. van Nieukerken 2873 (ZIN); 180, same, ventral view. Scale bar 100 µm.