Azygophleps attenboroughi, 2020

Yakovlev, R. V., László, Gy. M., Müller, G. C. & Kravchenko, V. D., 2020, Brief review of the Azygophleps legraini Yakovlev et Saldaitis, 2011 species group (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) with descriptions of three new species from western Africa, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (3), pp. 289-294 : 291

Azygophleps attenboroughi

Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n.

Figs 6–7 , 11 , 13 .

MATERIAL. Holotype: ♂, Southern Mali , 80 km SW Bamako, near Kineiroba, river Niger, 360 m, October 2015, leg. Müller, Kravchenko, Traore, al. ( MWM; GenPr MWM — 31.846).

Paratype: male, 80 km SW Bamako, near Ourina forest , river Niger, 420 m, August 2015, leg. Müller, Kravchenko, Traore, al. ( MWM) .

DESCRIPTION. Length of forewing 12.5 mm. Antenna half as long as the length of fore wing. Head, thorax and abdomen densely covered in lemon-yellow scales. Forewing narrow, pale yellow with dense blackish transverse streaks throughout the wing surface. Black streaks absent in radial zone (from root to submarginal area); fringe orange. Hindwing pale yellow without pattern, fringe orange.

Male genitalia. Uncus conspicuously short, robust, gradually narrowing from base to apex, apically triangular; gnathos arms very thin, short, unfused, without medial plate of gnathos; valvae relatively wide, leaf-shaped, costal margin almost straight, ventral margin evenly arcuate with a short depression in the medial third; juxta robust, basally semicircular, with long lanceolate posterio-lateral processes, directed caudad; saccus semicircular, wide; phallus robust, three-quarters as long as the valva, with long spindle-like carina process.

Female unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. The new species is distinguished from the other taxa of the A. legraini species group by the absence of hindwing pattern; from its closest congener A. adamsonae by the somewhat darker, more contrasting fringe of wings, the triangular apex of the uncus (that is broadly rounded in A. adamsonae ), and the short depression in the medium third of the valval ventral margin (that is straight in its congener).

ETYMOLOGY. The new species is dedicated to Sir David Frederick Attenborough, world-famous English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting with the BBC Natural History Unit, and the nine natural history documentary series forming the Life collection providing a comprehensive overview of animal and plant life on Earth.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Azygophleps legraini species group: 1 — A. legraini, holotype, male (RMCA); 2 — A. legraini, male, Cameroon, North Region, Wack (La Falaise), 900m, 07°40´16.5´´N, 13°33´18.4´´E, 2–21.x.2018, General coll. Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT 2018.36 (ANHRT); 3 — A. legraini, male, [Congo], Lulua, Kapanga, 8.1933, F.G. Overlaet (RMCA); 4 — A. legraini, female, [Congo], Lubumbashi, 12.06.1934 (RMCA); 5 — A. adamsonae Yakovlev et László, sp.n., holotype, male (ANHRT); 6 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., holotype, male (MWM); 7 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., paratype, male (MWM); 8 — Azygophleps pinheyi Yakovlev et László, sp.n., holotype, male (NHMZ). Рис. 1–8. Группа видов Azygophleps legraini: 1 — A. legraini, голотип, самец (RMCA); 2 — A. legraini, самец, Cameroon, North Region, Wack (La Falaise), 900m, 07°40´16.5´´N, 13°33´18.4´´E, 2–21.x.2018, General coll. Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT 2018.36 (ANHRT); 3 — A. legraini, самец, [Congo], Lulua, Kapanga, 8.1933, F.G. Overlaet (RMCA); 4 — A. legraini, самка, [Congo], Lubumbashi, 12.06.1934 (RMCA); 5 — A. adamsonae Yakovlev et Lászlу, sp.n., голотип, самец (ANHRT); 6 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., голотип, самец (MWM); 7 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., паратип, самец (MWM); 8 — Azygophleps pinheyi Yakovlev et László, sp.n., голотип, самец (NHMZ).

Figs 9–12. Azygophleps legraini species group, male genitalia: 9 — A. legraini, Cameroon, North Region, Wack (La Falaise), 900m, 07°40´16.5´´N, 13°33´18.4´´E, 2–21.x.2018, General coll. Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., Gen. slide no.: LG 5187 (ANHRT); 10 — A. adamsonae Yakovlev et László, sp.n., holotype, Gen. slide no.: LG 5186 (ANHRT); 11 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., holotype, slide Genitalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 31.846 (MWM); 12 — Azygophleps pinheyi Yakovlev et László, sp.n., holotype, slide NMZ–1 (NHMZ). Рис. 9–12. Группа видов Azygophleps legraini, гениталии самцов: 9 — A. legraini, Cameroon, North Region, Wack (La Falaise), 900m, 07°40´16.5´´N, 13°33´18.4´´E, 2–21.x.2018, General coll. Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., Gen. slide no.: LG 5187 (ANHRT); 10 — A. adamsonae Yakovlev et László, sp.n., голотип, Gen. slide no.: LG–5186 (ANHRT); 11 — A. attenboroughi Yakovlev, Müller et Kravchenko, sp.n., голотип, slide Genitalprдparat Heterocera Nr. 31.846 (MWM); 12 — Azygophleps pinheyi Yakovlev et László, sp.n., голотип, slide NMZ–1 (NHMZ).

Fig. 13. Distributional map of Azygophleps legraini species group. Рис. 13. Карта распространениЯ группы видов Azygophleps legraini.