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Issue: Vol. 5659 No. 3: 4 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.7
Page range: 426-438
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Dyspessa sudoli sp. nov.—another new Armenian species (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Cossinae, Endagriini)

Nature Research Centre; Akademijos str. 2; Vilnius; L-08412; Lithuania.
Altai State University; Lenin ave. 61; Barnaul; 656049; Russia; Tomsk State University; Lenin ave. 36; 634050 Tomsk; Russia.
Upper Silesian Museum; pl. Jana III Sobieskiego 2; 41-902 Bytom; Poland.
Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology; National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia; P. Sevak str.; 7; Yerevan; 0014; Armenia.
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali; Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases; Hadassah Medical School; The Hebrew University; Kalman Ya’akov Man St.; 91120 Jerusalem; Israel.
Altai State University; Lenin ave. 61; Barnaul; 656049; Russia.
Lepidoptera biodiversity Caucasus mixed forests ecoregion fauna new taxon transcaucasia West Asia

Abstract

A new species from Armenia, Dyspessa sudoli sp. nov., is described in the present article. It is compared with the Armenian Dyspessa gayane Yakovlev et al., 2025 and Dyspessa daralagezi Yakovlev, 2008b, and occurring closely to Dyspessa stroehlei Yakovlev, 2008a described from Kars Province in northeastern Turkey. Adults of both sexes, their genitalia, map with collection localities, and habitat for the new species are illustrated.

 

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How to Cite

Saldaitis, A., Yakovlev, R.V., Dobrzański, X., Kalashian, M., Müller, G.C. & Prozorov, A.M. (2025) Dyspessa sudoli sp. nov.—another new Armenian species (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Cossinae, Endagriini). Zootaxa, 5659 (3), 426–438. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.7