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| Agrioglypta itysalis (Walker, 1859) A, ♂; B, ♀; Agrioglypta fulguralis Rosfiansyah, Yagi & Hirowatari sp. nov., C, holotype (♂); D, paratype (♀) in Rosfiansyah, Yagi, Tomura et Hirowatari. 2021. |
Abstract
Agrioglypta fulguralis Rosfiansyah, Yagi & Hirowatari sp. nov. (Crambidae) is described from the Ryukyus, Japan, based on morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding. Although this new species is similar to A. itysalis, it can be distinguished by the following characters: its smaller size, a lightning marking on the discoidal part of the hindwing, lack of a pair of scale tufts on male seventh abdominal segment, shorter uncus, wider tegumen, wider valva in the male genitalia, and fewer spines in the signum in the female genitalia. DNA barcoding also supports the distinction of this new species from A. itysalis found in China, Java, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Images of the adults and male and female genitalia are provided herein.
Keywords: Agrioglypta fulguralis sp. nov., Agrioglypta itysalis, Genitalia, Ryukyus, Spilomelinae
Family Crambidae Latreille, 1810
Subfamily Spilomelinae Guenée, 1854
Genus Agrioglypta Meyrick, 1932
Agrioglypta itysalis (Walker, 1859)
[Japanese name: Yaeyama-ikarimon-nomeiga]
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| Adult of Agrioglypta spp. from Japan: A, A. itysalis (♂); B, A. itysalis (♀); C, A. fulguralis sp. nov., holotype (♂); D, A. fulguralis sp. nov., paratype (♀). <scale bar: 5mm (A-D)>. |
Agrioglypta fulguralis Rosfiansyah, Yagi & Hirowatari sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific name derived from the latin fulgur (= lightning), which refers to two connected stripes on the median area of the hindwing.
Rosfiansyah, Sadahisa Yagi, Shunsuke Tomura and Toshiya Hirowatari. 2021. A New Species of the Genus Agrioglypta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Japan based on morphological characters and DNA barcoding. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 14(1); 557-568. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2021.10.001 [1 December 2021]
