Agdistis iversoni, Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2015

Kovtunovich, Vasily N. & Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya., 2015, New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 6, African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 137-137 : 138-139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0110
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D845148-DEDA-4F44-BFD4-C469C311E4A8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7662062
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/10480B6C-4FF2-47BE-B5AF-61B4FC813F97
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:10480B6C-4FF2-47BE-B5AF-61B4FC813F97
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Agdistis iversoni
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Agdistis iversoni View in CoL sp. n.

Figs 1, 2 View Figs 1, 2

Etymology: The species is named after Kenneth Eugene Iverson (1920–2004), a Canadian computer scientist who developed the programming languages APL and J.

Diagnosis: In the male genitalia, the new species resembles A. anikini Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009 in the shape of the valvae and aedeagus, but can be separated from that species by a different structure of the costal projections of the valvae, uncus and by the shape of sternite VIII (tips of projections of sternite VIII are broad with additional short projections in A. anikini and evenly narrowing in the new species).

Description:

Male.

External characteristics ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1, 2 ): Wingspan 19–21 mm (21 in holotype). Forewing grey with apical part of wing having paler brown area that wedges out to central cell. Distal part of forewing with black spot along costal margin. Posterior part of forewing with two black spots, in centre and closer to apex. Hindwing uniformly grey, with noticeable darkening posteriorly.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1, 2 ): Valvae asymmetrical. Left valva rather broad and narrowing distally. Lower edge of right valva obliquely cut, its distal part narrow and elongated. Costal projections asymmetrical in both valvae and run beyond midlength of each valva. Distal part of left costal projection forms broadened elongated plate. Distal part of right costal projection broader and shorter than left one. Uncus clavate and bifurcated apically. Sternite VIII with shallow oval-shaped incision. Aedeagus short, slightly winding, as long as costal projection.

Female. Unknown.

Holotype: ♂ SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: Kotzesrus, 30°57'S 17°50'E, 22.viii.1979, to kerosene lamp, Endroödy-Younga ( TMSA, gen. pr. 15264). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 4♂ Springbok, Namaqua National Park , 30°03'S 17°27'E, 5.x.2009, Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin ( BMNH, CUK) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: South Africa (Northern Cape).

Remarks: Flight period in August and October.