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New species and newly recorded species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from China

1College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
1College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Depressariidae new species new records taxonomy

Abstract

Thirteen new species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner are described: A. basinigra sp. nov., A. cochleata sp. nov., A. epunctata sp. nov., A. foliiformis sp. nov., A. gibbosa sp. nov., A. hypodroma sp. nov., A. introrsa sp. nov., A. magnimacularis sp. nov., A. nephimacula sp. nov., A. nivimacularis sp. nov., A. parallela sp. nov., A. simipullella sp. nov. and A. sphaeroidea sp. nov. and ten species are recorded for the first time from China: A. abditella Hannemann, 1959, A. angelicella (Hübner, 1813), A. arctica (Strand, 1902), A. arenella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), A. bipunctosa (Curtis, 1850), A. broennoeensis (Strand, 1920), A. kaekeritziana (Linnaeus, 1767), A. kirgizella Lvovsky, 2001, A. ochrocephala Saito, 1980 and A. septicella (Snellen, 1884). Images of both adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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