Review of the genus Sinoe (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) with descriptions of two new species
Author
Lee, Sangmi
Author
Brown, Richard L.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3332
49
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.208573
bb44459a-dba2-4d7b-b08f-442d59334b5d
1175-5326
208573
Sinoe
Chambers, 1873
Sinoe
Chambers, 1873
: 231
;
Hodges, 1965
: 264
;
Hodges, 1983
: 20
;
Lee and Brown, 2008
: 19
;
Lee
et al.
, 2009
: 9
.
Type
species:
Sinoe fuscopalidella
Chambers, 1873
, by monotypy.
Type
locality: Kentucky,
USA
Diagnosis of genus.
Sinoe
is defined by the autapomorphic forewing pattern with the subbasal fascia having raised scales and directed obliquely from the dorsum toward the outer costa, as well as the following combination of apomorphies: R5 and M1 stalked, M2 and M3 connate, CuA1 and CuA2 present; male genitalia with bilaterally symmetrical vinculum and valva, valva divided into costal and saccular parts, vinculum a narrow sclerite, gnathos hook shaped with basal and median articulations; female genitalia with a signum (
Lee and Brown 2008
).