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Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-27
Page range: 555–566
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New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7

Moscow Society of Nature Explorers. Home address: Malaya Filevskaya str., 24/1, app. 20, Moscow, 121433, Russia.
Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia.
Lepidoptera Pterophoridae Southern Africa Agdistis plume moths new species

Abstract

Four new species of Agdistis (Pterophoridae) are described from Southern Africa: Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., Agdistis wolframi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov. and Agdistis ruhanga Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov. In addition, descriptions and images of the previously unknown female genitalia of three species are given: A. insolitus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010, A. meyi Arenberger, 2008 and A. toliarensis Bigot, 1987. The male is described to a species possibly A. piccolo Gielis, 1990, of which only female was previously known.