Agonopterix kirgizella Lvovsky, 2001

Zhu, Xiaoju, Zhang, Li & Wang, Shuxia, 2023, New species and newly recorded species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from China, Zootaxa 5258 (4), pp. 379-404 : 399

Agonopterix kirgizella Lvovsky, 2001

( Figs 21 , 43 )

Agonopterix kirgizella Lvovsky, 2001b: 1462 .

Material examined. CHINA, Xinjiang: 1♁, Nalati, Xinyuan , 1562 m, 7.VIII.2007, leg. XP Wang et al., slide No. ZL 08164; 1♁, Kuerdening, Gongliu, 1480 m, 4.VIII.2007, leg. XP Wang et al., slide No. ZL 09023 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 21 ). Wingspan 17.0–18.0 mm. Agonopterix kirgizella can be distinguished by the semicircular socii, the globose gnathos and the slim cuiller slightly expanded at apex in the male genitalia ( Fig. 43 ).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan ( Lvovsky 2001b).

Figures

FIGURES 17‒23. Adults of Agonopterix spp. 17, A. arenella, ♀; 18, A. bipunctosa, ♁; 19, A. broennoeensis, ♀; 20, A. kaekeritziana, ♁; 21, A. kirgizella, ♁; 22, A. ochrocephala, ♁; 23, A. septicella, ♁. Scales = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 42‒45. Male genitalia of Agonopterix spp. 42, A. kaekeritziana, slide No. W00145; 43, A. kirgizella, slide No. ZL09023; 44, A. ochrocephala, slide No. ZXJ20519; 45, A. septicella, slide No. L97183. Scales = 0.2 mm.