A new Ericaceae-feeding species of Agonopterix (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae) from Japan

Abstract

A new species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae), A. asebiella Arashima, Yagi & Hirowatari sp. nov., has been described in Japan. Images of the imagoes and the male and female genitalia and partial details of the biology are provided with similar species for comparison.

Keywords

• biology
• Ericaceae
• gelechioidea
• genitalia
• Pieris japonica
• taxonomy