Agonop terix subsp. simipullella Zhu & Wang 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhu, Xiaoju
name: Zhang, Li
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Oecophoridae
Agonop
Agonop terix
Agonop terix simipullella zhu &amp; wang

description: Agonop terix simipullella Zhu & Wang, sp. nov.
(Figs 12, 35)
Type material. CHINA, Xizang: Holotype ♁, Zhangmai Village, Bayi, Linzhi City, 23.V.2021, leg. HL Han, slide No. ZXJ20486. Paratype: Xizang: 1♁, Bayi Town, Bayi, Linzhi, 10.VI.1983, slide No. W 95030.
Diagnosis. The new species is similar to A. pullella Hannemann, 1971 in male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the third segment of the labial palpus black except yellowish grey near base and yellowish white before apex, and the forewing with a white dot on the outer margin of the cell; and by the juxta shallowly concave laterally in the male genitalia. In A. pullella, the third segment of the labial palpus is pale yellow, the forewing lacks a white dot on the outer margin of the cell; and the juxta is convex laterally (Hannemann 1971: 261; Buchner & Šumpich 2020: 214, figs 56‒57, 216, figs 74‒75).
Description. Adult (Fig. 12). Wingspan 20.0– 21.5 mm.
Head yellowish grey. Labial palpus greyish white on inside of basal segment, yellowish grey mixed with ochreous and greyish brown scales on outside of basal two segments, yellowish grey with sparse greyish brown scales on inside of second segment, without protruding scales; third segment black except yellowish grey near base and yellowish white before apex. Antenna with scape dark brown, yellowish grey distally; flagellum greyish brown alternated with yellowish grey.
Mesonotum yellowish white; tegula greyish brown, yellowish grey distally. Foreleg dark brown, tibia yellowish white at apex, tarsus yellowish white at apex of each tarsomere; midleg with femur greyish brown mixed with yellowish white, tibia greyish brown, yellowish white at middle and apex respectively, tarsus dark brown except yellowish white at apex of each tarsomere; hindleg yellowish white, tarsus dark brown at base of two apical tarsomeres.
Forewing yellowish grey, with dense greyish brown scales, termen rather oblique; costal margin with greyish brown spots, interrupted by yellow spots; cell with a dark brown dot medially and with a white dot on outer margin; fringe concolourous with forewing. Hindwing and fringe grey.
Male genitalia (Fig. 35). Uncus small, triangular. Socii subtrapezoidal, widened from base to obtuse apex, setose. Gnathos fusiform, finely spined; lateral arms as long as gnathos. Valva wide and subparallel to before basal 2/3, narrowed from distal 1/3 to rounded apex, with long setae anteriorly and medially; costa straight basally. Transtilla a slender band; transtilla lobes dilated, membranous, hairy. Sacculus reaching beyond 1/3 length of valva; cuiller slender, slightly curved medially, extending to anterior 1/4 from costa. Juxta subrectangular, shallowly concave laterally, slightly produced anteromedially; lateral lobes slightly dilated distally, slightly exceeding posterior margin of juxta apically. Saccus triangular, 3/5 length of juxta. Phallus wide at base, tapering to pointed apex; cornuti being a large bundle of spinules.
Female unknown.
Distribution. China (Xizang).
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin simi- and the specific name of another species, referring to the similarities of the two species.
description: Published as part of Zhu, Xiaoju, Zhang, Li & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, New species and newly recorded species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from China, pp. 379-404 in Zootaxa 5258 (4) on pages 390-391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7784364