Luquetia tigrina Ponomarenko et Koshkin, 2025

Ponomarenko, Margarita G. & Koshkin, Evgeny S., 2025, New species of the spring flat moths of the genera Semioscopis Hübner and Luquetia Leraut (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from Far East of Russia with notes on related species, Zootaxa 5666 (4), pp. 529-549 : 547

Luquetia tigrina Ponomarenko et Koshkin sp. nov.

Figs 8–10 , 32–36 , 41–43 .

Type material see above.

Distribution. Russia ( Far East: Evreiskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast [Jewish Autonomous Region]).

Host plant. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Semioscopis spp. and Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., adults and heads with appendages. 1–3—Semioscopis fareastenica sp. nov., paratype male; 4, 5—S. strigulana; 6, 7—S. similis; 8–10—Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., holotype male. Figs 1, 4, 6, 8—adult; 2, 5, 7, 9—head with labial palpi, enlarged; 3, 10—flagellum with ciliation on ventral side, enlarged. Scale bar for figures 1, 4, 6, 8—2 mm.

FIGURES 26–36. Semioscopis spp. and Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., male genitalia. 26–28—S. similis, GS 307, 308; 29–31—S. strigulana, GS 300; 32–36—Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., holotype, GS 290. Figs 26, 29, 32—male genitalia, ventral view, aedeagus removed; 27, 30, 33—aedeagus, lateral view; 28, 31, 35—juxta and lobes of transtilla, enlarged; 34—gnathos, enlarged; 36— cornuti, enlarged. Scale bar for figures 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33,—0.5 mm.

FIGURES 37–43. Semioscopis fareastenica sp. nov. and Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., female genitalia. 37–40—Semioscopis fareastenica sp. nov., paratype, GS 303; 41–43—Luquetia tigrina sp. nov., paratype, GS 291. Figs 37, 41—ventral view; 38—ostial area (ostium, vaginal sinus, postvaginal plate, antrum); 39—inner side of antrum with thorns; 40, 43—signum; 42—ostial area (ostium, antevaginal and postvaginal plates, antrum). Figures 38–40, 42, 43 enlarged. Scale bar for figures 37 and 41—0.5 mm.