Agdistis flavissima Caradja, 1920

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. & Kovtunovich, V. N., 2025, A review of the genus Agdistis Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Middle Asia, Russian Entomological Journal 34 (1), pp. 121-125 : 122

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.34.1.14
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scientific name	Agdistis flavissima Caradja, 1920
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7. Agdistis flavissima Caradja, 1920 View in CoL

Agdistis ingens var. flavissima Caradja, 1920: 87 View in CoL . ( Type locality: Chami , China).

MATERIAL: 1 ♀, Tajikistan, Tigrovaya Balka , 6–9 .

VIII.1991, V. Zolotuhin leg.

DESCRIPTION. Female genitalia ( Fig. 2 View Fig ). Anal papillae triangular, slightly elongated. Posterior apophyses straight, twice as long as anal papillae. Lobes of vaginal plate rectangular. Antrum sclerotized, slightly elongate, horizontal, plateshaped, with small bump in the middle and hook-like outgrowths along the margins. Ductus broad near antrum, then slightly narrowed. Copulatory pouch elongated, oval.

REMARKS: Female genitalia of A. flavissima are very similar to those of A. ingens , we did not find clear characters distinguishing both species by female genitalia.

DISTRIBUTION. China, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, European Russia ( Astrakhan district) [ Nupponen, 2022].