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A new species of Neopterodonta Eitschberger, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Tajikistan

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2023
Authors:S. K. Korb, Shchetkin Y. Y.
Journal:Eversmannia
Volume:75
Start Page:3
Pagination:3-5
Keywords:CATALOGUE, MALE GENITALIA, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINGONAEPIOPSIS, TAJIKISTAN, WORLDMAP1
Abstract:

"A new species, Neopterodonta zolotuchini Yu.Yu. Stshetkin et Korb, sp. n., is described. Its type locality is: Tajikistan, Peter the Great Mts., near Ganishou, 2070 m. This new species differs from the closely related N. kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892) and N. gurkoi Melichar et Řezáč, 2013 by the wing pattern (it is lighter than in N. kuldjaensis and having wider marginal border on hindwing than in N. gurkoi) and by the male genitalia, especially by the shape of sacculus which in the new species is cog-formish when in two other species it is rectangular or oval."

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