Pseudiragoides itsova
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Pseudiragoides itsova is a butterfly from the family of the snail moth (Limacodidae).
features
The males reach a forewing length of 13 to 15 millimeters and have a wingspan of 28 to 33 millimeters. The antennae are briefly double combed; the comb extends almost to the tip of the antennae. The moths have a reddish brown basic color with a deep red tint on the thorax and abdomen . The forewings are stretched and tinted gray in the post-media area. A blurred dark spot is in the disc area.
In the males, the uncus is narrow at the tip and has a strong spur. The gnathos is slim. The blades are elongated and curved upwards. They have short saccular processes that have a number of almost equally large, powerful spurs. The Juxta has flattened. The aedeagus is almost straight and has a pair of rearwardly directed appendages at the tip. The first process is short, as broad as the aedeagus and apically curved and pointed. The second process is very long, slender and curved.
Females and pre-imaginal stages (developmental stages before the moth, i.e. egg, caterpillar and pupa) have not yet been described.
Similar species
Pseudiragoides itsova differs from the related species by the reddish tint in the basic color. On the basis of the genitals, the males can be distinguished by the presence of a characteristic pair of apical processes.
distribution
Pseudiragoides itsova has been detected in China in the Guangxi Autonomous Region and in the provinces of Fujian , Hunan and Zhejiang at an altitude of 1200 to 2300 meters.
biology
The biology of the species has not yet been described.
Systematics
The holotype is a male. It was caught in 2005 around 100 kilometers southeast of Liuzhou in China at an altitude of 1200 meters. It is located in the Museum Witt in Munich.
etymology
The epithet itsova stands for it's over and recalls the signing of a contract with which the Museum Witt received the status of a department of the Zoological State Collection in Munich in order to ensure the long-term survival of the collection.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Alexey Solovyev, Thomas J. Witt (2011): Two new species of Pseudiragoides SOLOVYEV & WITT, 2009 from China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Entomological Journal 121 (1), pp. 36-38