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| (A–C) Acteniopsis gambronensis Alipanah & Asselbergs, 2018. (D) A. kurdistanella Amsel,1959 DOI: 10.3897/nl.41.22893 |
Abstract
A complete description of Acteniopsis gambronensis sp. n. is given based on three males and three females collected in the south of Iran, Hormozgan Province. The female of A. kurdistanella Amsel, 1959 is redescribed and illustrated and new distributional data for this species is also provided. Acteniopsis robustus Asselberges, 2010 is transferred to the genus Stemmatophora Guenée, 1854, S. robustus (Asselbergs, 2010), comb. n. A taxonomic review of the genus Acteniopsis is presented.
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| Acteniopsis gambronensis sp. n. head and adult male (A–C), and A. kurdistanella Amsel, adult female (D). A) head in frontal view, B) head in lateral view, C) adult male (Holotype, Iran, Hormozgan Prov., Isin). Scale bars: 1 cm. |
Acteniopsis gambronensis sp. n.
Diagnosis: Both Acteniopsis gambronensis and A. kurdistanella are similar to each other in wing venation and shape of the maxillary palpi and labial palpi; however their wing pattern is slightly different. In A. gambronensis, the antemedian and postmedian lines are clearly visible, while in A. kurdistanella the antemedian line is very weak and sometimes hardly distinguishable. In A. kurdistanella the two transverse lines are reddish-brown, but these lines are white in A. gambronensis. The forewing of A. kurdistanella is pale clay-coloured, while in A. gambronensis the ground colour is pale-ochreous to yellowish-ochre (Figs 1C, D).
Helen Alipanah and Jan Asselbergs. 2018. Acteniopsis gambronensis sp. n. (Pyralidae: Pyralinae), A New Species from Iran, with A Revision of the Genus Acteniopsis Amsel, 1959. Nota Lepidopterologica. 41(1): 87-97. DOI: 10.3897/nl.41.22893
