Agonopterix bipunctosa (Curtis, 1850)

(Figs 18, 40)

Depressaria bipunctosa Curtis, 1850: 116 .

Agonopterix bipunctosa (Curtis, 1850): Palm, 1989: 78.

Material examined. CHINA, Xinjiang: 1♁, Hemu, Burjin, 1114 m, 24.VII.2007, leg. XP Wang et al., slide No. ZL 08225 .

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 18). Wingspan 19.5 mm. Agonopterix bipunctosa is similar to A. pallorella (Zeller, 1839) in both forewing pattern and male genitalia, and can be distinguished by the forewing with a blackish dot at base of the costal margin, which is absent in A. pallorella; and in the male genitalia by the distal half of the cuiller almost uniformly wide (Fig. 40), while the distal half of the cuiller is triangularly expanded in A. pallorella (Buchner 2017a: 12, fig. 21).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Southern England, southern Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Russia (Lvovsky 2006).