Abstract
Two new species, Pagastia (s. str.) emakarchenkoi sp. nov. and Pagastia (s. str.) shennong sp. nov. are described based on males collected from the Oriental China. The new species are distinguished from congeners by the complexity and structure of their aedeagal lobes which have a pectinate apex of the lateral lobe and the addition of a basal branch of the median lobes.
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