Ustjuzhanin P.Ya.1,2*, Kovtunovich V.N.3 2025. A review of the genus Agdistis Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Middle Asia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.1: 121–125 [in English].
1 Altai State University, 61 Lenin St., Barnaul 656049 Russia.
2 Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk 634050 Russia.
3 University of the Free State (UFS), 205 Nelson Mandela Dr., Park West, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Petr Ustjuzhanin: petrust@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5222-2241
Vasily Kovtunovich: vasko-69@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5091-4263
* Corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.1.14
ABSTRACT. The paper considers species of the genus Agdistis Hübner, [1825] from Middle Asia (former republics of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan). Synonymy has been established for 3 species: Agdistis incisa Arenberger et Buchsbaum, 2000 = Agdistis balchashensis Zagulajev, 1997 syn.n.; Agdistis tigrovaja Arenberger, 2001 = Agdistis gerasimovi Zagulajev et Blumental, 1994 syn.n.; Agdistis turkestanica Zagulajev, 1990 = Agdistis mevlaniella Arenberger, 1972 syn.n. New records have been reported for the Middle Asian republics: A. frankeniae and A. rubasiensis for Uzbekistan, A. intermedia for Turkmenistan. An image of the female A. flavissima Caradja, 1920 is presented for the first time. Detailed distribution data for the species throughout their range is provided.
KEY WORDS: biodiversity, Pterophoridae, Middle Asia, Agdistis, new synonyms, new data, distribution.