Taxonomic review of the Agrisius guttivitta Walker species group with transfer of the genus Agrisius Walker to the family Nolidae Bruand and descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Eligminae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Author
Saldaitis, Aidas
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT- 08412, Vilnius- 21, Lithuania.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-28
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journal article
154475
10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.4
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Agrisius epidela
Orhant, 2015
(
Figs 8
,
32
)
Agrisius epidela
Orhant, 2015
,
Bulletin de la Societe
entomologique
de Mulhouse
, 71(4): 56, figs 3, 5 (
Type
locality: “Chine [
China
],
Tibet
, Bo-Mi county,
Deba
”).
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 23.0 mm in the
holotype
male (
Orhant 2015
). The species is externally most similar to
A. kachina
but differs in the shorter streaks in the medial area of the forewing, and the larger discal spot. Compared to
A. cernyi
,
A. epidela
is larger in size and has shorter streaks in the medial area of the forewing, a narrower dark suffusion on the forewing veins distally, and a more intense suffusion on the hindwing veins. The male genital capsule of
A. epidela
differs from the aforementioned congeners in the longer branches of the uncus, the longer and thicker dorsal process of the sacculus, and the shorter and thinner ventral process of the sacculus. The phallus of
A. epidela
has a relatively long and narrow carina whereas it is conspicuously shorter and thicker in both congeners. The basal chamber of the vesica of
A. epidela
is broader than in
A. cernyi
and
A. kachina
. The distal diverticulum of
A. epidela
is not everted in the
holotype
preparation (
Fig. 32
) and therefore could not be compared with
A. cernyi
and
A. kachina
.
Distribution
. The species is known only from its
type
locality in south-eastern
Xizang
,
China
.