A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Author
Viidalepp, Jaan
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
45751
10.5281/zenodo.279481
46b802fc-52b2-4d91-8199-793ab7b63e8b
1175-5326
279481
Tribe
Stamnodini
Forbes, 1948
(
Figs 5, 6
,
89–93
)
Forbes (1948)
characterized the genera
Stamnodes
and
Heterusia
by: veliform resting position (wings folded butterfly-like on back, resulting in plain pattern above and contrasting markings in wings´underneath). Moths are active in the sun and dusk (
Mikkola
et al
. 1987
).
These characters are to be complemented as follows: juxta is shield-shaped with specific ornamentation; sclerotized connections from juxta to short hemitranstillae present; subscaphium arising bifurcate from tegumen (a putative homology with Euphyiini) and distally anchor-shaped or consistent with Neotropical
Stamnodes
and
Callipia
; valva with a strong costal hair lock; valva rounded with costa and sacculus wholly fused to.
FIGURES 89–93
, Male and female genitalia and abdominal sclerites of
Stamnodini
. 89, Male genitalia of
Stamnodes anthocharidaria
Oberthür (Ecuador)
; 90, male genitalia of
Callipia
sp. (Bolivia); 91, aedeagus with manica and fultura inferior of
Callipia
sp. (Bolivia); 92, posterior abdominal segments of
S. anthocharidaria
Oberthür (Ecuador)
; 93, posterior abdominal segments of female
Callipia brenemannae
Sperry (Bolivia)
; 94, male genitalia of
Callipia brenemannae
Sperry (Bolivia)
.
Ferguson (1983)
grouped
Heterusia
with
Stamnodes
as suggested by
Forbes (1917)
. Both have thick tufts of clavate hairscales to valval costa, the shape of scaphium, position of the juxta within the genital capsule and its sclerotized connections to hemitranstillae are common, according to scarce material studied.
Hausmann (2007)
lists Heterusiini as a tribe.
Distribution: Neotropical, Nearctic, (Palaearctic).