Agrotis leucovenata

Blas, Germán San, 2014, Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): a systematic analysis of South American species, Zootaxa 3771 (1), pp. 1-64 : 29

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3771.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5067240

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scientific name

Agrotis leucovenata
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Agrotis leucovenata San Blas & Gentili, 2011

( Figs 26, 27 View FIGURES 24 – 27 , 55 View FIGURES 46 – 55 , 73 View FIGURES 64 – 73 , 86 View FIGURES 81 – 86 , 103 View FIGURES 100 – 105 )

Agrotis leucovenata San Blas & Gentili, 2011: 93–97, figs 1–6. Holotype: ♂ Argentina , Neuquén, Quilquihue, 750m, 21-III- 1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA). Allotype: ♀ Argentina , Neuquén, Laguna Blanca, 1270m, 25-III-1981 (M. Gentili) (IADIZA). Paratypes: 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Argentina , Neuquén, Aeropuerto Chapelco, 780m, 30-III-1982 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA), 1 ♂ 15-III-1988 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA); 1 ♀ Caviahue, 1550m, 25-II-1962 (M. Gentili) (IADIZA); 1 ♀ Laguna Blanca, 1270m, 21-III-1965 (M. Gentili) (CNC), 1 ♀ 25-III-1981 (M. Gentili) (USNM); 2 ♂ Las Coloradas, Antena, 1000m, 2-III-1990 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA); 2 ♂ Pampa Puttkamer, 975m, 25-III-1988 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA); 1 ♀ Primeros Pinos, Haichol 20-III-1974 (M. Gentili) (IADIZA); 1 ♀ Quilquihue, 750m, 8-III-1980 (M. Gentili) (IADIZA), 1 ♀ 8-III-1980 (M. Gentili) (IMLA), 1 ♀ 28-III-1981 (M. Gentili) (IADIZA), 1 ♀ 28-III-1981 (M. Gentili) (MACN), 41 ♂ 21-III-1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (IADIZA), 2 ♂ 21-III-1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (IMLA), 2 ♂ 21-III-1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (MACN), 2 ♂ 21-III-1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (USNM), 2 ♂ 21-III-1983 (M. y P. Gentili) (CNC).

Diagnosis. Agrotis leucovenata differs from other South American species of Agrotis by the following combination of characters: 1) male antenna bipectinate, widest segment 6 × as wide as central shaft; 2) forewing veins strongly whitish; 3) basal and antemedial lines black, single, basally edged by a light brown shade; 4) in male genitalia vesica 4–5 × as long as aedeagus; 4) right basal diverticulum absent, and 5) in female genitalia appendix bursae less than 2 × as long as corpus bursae.

Redescription. Male ( Figs 26 View FIGURES 24 – 27 , 55 View FIGURES 46 – 55 , 73 View FIGURES 64 – 73 ). Forewing length 10.8–15.5 mm. Female ( Figs 27 View FIGURES 24 – 27 , 86 View FIGURES 81 – 86 ). Forewing length 12–15.5 mm. (see San Blas & Gentili, 2011: 93–97).

Distribution. Restricted to Neuquén province, Argentina ( Fig. 103 View FIGURES 100 – 105 ).

Discussion. Agrotis leucovenata is similar to A. elegans and A. edmondsi . Forewing veins strongly whitish and antenna strongly bipectinate in males allowing quick differentiation of this species. Distinct genitalic characters include the male vesica with no basal diverticulum and female appendix bursae less than 2 × as long as corpus bursae.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Agrotis

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