Agdistis meyi Arenberger 2008
- Dataset
- New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 7
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pterophoridae
- genus
- Agdistis
- species
- Agdistis meyi
description
Female genitalia. Apophyses posteriores rather long, thin. Antrum short, wide, tubular. Lamina vaginalis of sternum VII large, wide, heart-shaped, with deep cut distally. Apophyses anteriores narrow, rather short, their length equal to that of papillae anales. Ductus short, wide. Bursa copulatrix oval, membranous. Ductus seminalis oval and long. Notes. The female was previously unknown.
materials_examined
Material examined. 1 ♀, (MFN), Rep. S. Africa, Richtersveld, Koeroegabvlakte, 14 – 16. x. 2001, W. Mey.; 1 ♂, (CUK), Rep. S. Africa Northern Cape, 80 km SW of Springbok, Namaqua N. P., S 3003 ′ E 1727 ′, 120 m, 05. x. 2009, V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin.
Name
- Homonyms
- Agdistis meyi Arenberger 2008