Agdistis insolitus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

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 : 561

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scientific name	Agdistis insolitus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010
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Agdistis insolitus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010 .

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Material examined. 1 ♀, (MFN), Rep. S. Africa, Western Cape, Rocherpan N.R., 20–21.xi. 2008, LF, Ebert, Mey & Kuhne.

Female genitalia. Apophyses posteriores rather long, thin. Apophyses anteriores short, thick, strongly sclerotized and slightly curved. Ostium rounded, funnel-shaped, with notched outer margin. Antrum sclerotized, tubular. Ductus bursae at its confluence with antrum wide, smoothly narrowing. Bursa copulatrix oval, membranous. Ductus seminalis oval and long.

Notes. The female was previously unknown.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Pterophoridae
Genus	Agdistis

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