Agdistis marionae M. 2012, sp. n.

• Main Author: M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pterophoridae; Agdistis; Agdistis marionae; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812924; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC2E8782FFA8300878C5FF0D17866052

Agdistis marionae sp. n. Holotype, : „ St. Helena Island, Manati Bay, Great Shaking Rocks, reared from Frankenia portulacifolia , caterpillars/pupa collected on 30. Dec. 2010, hatched Jan. 2011, leg. Annalea M. Beard “. GU 6451  Ar. Coll. NHMW (in Coll. Arenberger). Paratypes: 1 : with the same data as holotype. GU 6468  Ar. 1 : South Atlantic Ocean, St. Helena Island, Great Shaking Rocks, Manati Bay, 31.12.2011, leg. Miss Annalea Beard. GU 6475  Ar. Barcoding CCDB-11447. Sample MNVD-11447-A08; : Barcoding CCDB- 11447. Sample MNVD-11447-A07. 1 : St. Helena Island, Man and Horse, Joan Hill, reard from Frankenia portulacifolia , January 2011, leg. Annalea M. Beard. GU 6469 , 6512  Ar. 2 : South Atlantic Ocean, St. Helena Island, Joan Hill, Man and Horse, 28.12.2011, leg. Miss Annalea Beard. Barcoding CCDB-11447. Sample MNVD-11447-A011. 2 : ditto. GU 6476  Ar. Barcoding CCDB-11447. Sample MNVD-1147-A10. In coll. NHMW (in Coll. Arenberger) and in Coll. NHML. Etymology: The new species is dedicated to Mrs. Marion Rose Beard, mother of the discoverer of this beautiful Pterophoridae. Diagnosis (Fig. 10): Wingspan: 14-15 mm. Forewings grey brown, from the basis to the area without markings strongly darkened, at the end of the dark area with 2 dots lying one on top of the other. Costal- and inner margin a little lighter, but strewn with many dark brown scales. Costal margin with 3 dark dots, the space between whitish. Beneath the first costal dot is another dot. Lower fold margin with two strong patches. Outer margin with light brown basal line, top of the fringe dark brown. Hindwings single-coloured brown. Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown. Thorax tergites with trapeziform white markings. Antennae brown – whitish ringed. Tarsi of hind legs light brown with dark brown ends. Genitalia,  (Fig. 6): Valves asymmetrical. Both with a pointed process at a quarter of the inner margin. Left valve at half of its lenght weakly shovel-shaped widened. Right valve small, stripshaped, then nodularly widened and ...