A new species of Victrix Staudinger, 1879 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Anton V Volynkin; Sergey V Titov; Matjaž Černila; Andro Truuverk; Aidas Saldaitis

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.6

A new species of Victrix Staudinger, 1879 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 28;4563(2):zootaxa.4563.2.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.6.

Authors

Anton V Volynkin¹, Sergey V Titov, Matjaž Černila, Andro Truuverk, Aidas Saldaitis

Affiliation

¹ Altai State University, Lenina av. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia. Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia. barsine@yahoo.com.

PMID: 31716544
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.6

Abstract

A new species of the genus Victrix Staudinger, 1879, V. akbet Volynkin, Titov Černila, sp. nov. is described from Kazakhstan. The new species belongs to the subgenus Poliobrya Hampson, 1908. A diagnostic comparison is made with V. frigidalis Varga Ronkay, 1991, V. fabiani Varga Ronkay, 1989 and V. umovii (Eversmann, 1846). The adults and male and female genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Bryophilinae, Central Asia, Poliobrya.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures
Animals
Body Size
Female
Kazakhstan
Lepidoptera*
Male
Moths*
Organ Size