Agonopterix pallorella (Zeller, 1839)

Agonopterix pallorella (Zeller, 1839) View in CoL

( Figs 3, 4, 13)

Depressaria divergella Caradja, 1920: 128 , syn. nov.

Lectotype. Male ( Fig. 3), Russia, “Tjutjujé” [= Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Terr.]; the specimen also has a red label with the note “ Lectotypus nr.”, Hannemann’s genitalia label “Genital-Unters.[uchung] Nr. 4771, Zool. Mus. Berlin”, and the assignment label by Popescu-Gorj ( Fig. 4).

Paralectotype. 1 male, same collecting data.

Distribution. Europe, Russia (Southern Siberia and Far East), Middle Asia, Mongolia, North- West China.

Remarks. In his original description, Caradja compared this species with A. umbellana (Fabricius, 1794) . However, external appearance and the structure of genitalia ( Fig. 13) at this species entirely matches with A. pallorella (Zeller, 1839) . Hannemann designated and examined Caradja’s types and dissected the genitalia of lectotype, but he left no comments on it, leading to the assumption that he did not notice and was not aware of the similarities between these two species.

A.L. Lvovsky & M. Stanescu. Taxonomic notes on five species of the family Depressariidae