Depressariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Altai Mountains: new species, new records and updated checklist
Author
Buchner, Peter
Author
Šumpich, Jan
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
2020-03-30
60
1
201
244
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2020.013
1804-6487
3879516
8B1A2630-FD4F-4592-9116-BAE629B235F4
Agonopterix agyrella
(Rebel, 1917)
(
Figs 25–29
)
Material examined.
RUSSIA
:
ALTAI
REPUBLIC
:
Kosh-Agach Distr., Kurai env. (
6.5 km
SW
),
50°10′35″N
,
87°53′55″E
, grassy steppe,
1550 m
,
30.vii.2017
, 1 Ƌ (gen. prep.
DEEUR
7669 P. Buchner), (Barcode NMPC-LEP-0154), J. Šumpich leg. (
NMPC
); Belyashi (Dzhazator) env. (
25 km
NW
), confluence of Argut and Karagem rivers,
49°51′56″N
,
87°10′22″E
, rocky steppe,
1400 m
,
27.–28.vii.2017
,
1 ♀
(Barcode NMPC- -LEP-0156), J. Šumpich leg. (
NMPC
); Katun Valley,
51°40′N
,
85°45′E
,
600 m
,
1.vii.2001
, 1 Ƌ (
DEEUR
6456), K. Nupponen leg. (
RCKN
).
Molecular data.
BIN
BOLD
:
AAF
7185 (n = 25; 10 public, 3 from
Altai
). The average intraspecific divergence of the barcode region is 0.44% (maximum 1.29%). However, this
BIN
is shared also with
Agonopterix putridella
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
,
A. septicella
Snellen, 1884
and several hitherto unidentified
Agonopterix
specimens from the
A. putridella
/
agyrella
group, where all Altaic
A. agyrella
records are clustered with no variability in barcodes.
Distribution.
Asian part of
Russia
(
Novosibirsk Region
,
Altai
,
Primorsky krai
),
Mongolia
,
China
(
LVOVSKY
2006
). From the Russian Altai this species was also published by
HUEMER
et al. (2017)
as
Agonopterix
sp. 1.
Remarks.
Agonopterix agyrella
was described based on a single male from eastern Tannu-Ola mountains in southern Siberia in
Russia
(
Figs 27, 29
). This
holotype
was successfully barcoded by the NGS method (sample ID NHMW2.Lep. 0001) where all three Altaic specimens have 100% match with its barcode. These three specimens also correspond with the type of
A. agyrella
in genitalia and external appearance, which confirms their conspecificity (
Figs 28–29
). On the other hand, the intraspecific variability of
A. agyrella
is poorly known, and although it differs in external appearance from the related taxa very well, it is possible to expect taxonomic changes in the
A. putridella
/agyrella
species group in the future. Barcoding of the specimen from Katun Valley (DEEUR 6456 P. Buchner) failed, therefore its identification based only on the characters in genitalia must be considered provisional for the moment.