Revision of the type species of Syllepte Hübner and other spilomeline genera recently synonymized (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Author
Solis, M. Alma
0000-0001-6379-1004
Author
Mally, Richard
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Author
Hayden, James E.
0000-0003-1802-1064
Author
Nuss, Matthias
0000-0002-4788-3248
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-12-20
5389
3
343
361
https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5389.3.3/52521
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.3
1175-5326
10409846
ED3B8598-1691-462E-9255-E6CF0E176388
Pantographa
Lederer, 1863
,
Micromartinia
Amsel, 1957
, and
Haritalodes
Warren, 1890
Pantographa
,
Micromartinia
, and
Haritalodes
also belong to the tribe
Agroterini (
Mally
et al.
2019
)
and are closely related based on external and genitalic characters. Externally, they share prominent orbicular and claviform spots in the discal area, and a claviform spot in the anal area. In the male genitalia, they share an uncus with dorsal, long, non-deciduous setae, but the apex is variable in shape, either pointed, round, square-like, with and without a medial cleft, and also a medially flat transtilla with a suture medially separated or not, of various widths, with posterior arms to the costa of valva and medioposteriorly with membranous or sclerotized anterior arms, and a prominent, elongate saccus (anterior to the valvae of various shapes). The latter character (elongate saccus) was listed as a synapomorphy for the tribe
Agroterini (
Mally
et al.
2019
)
, along with the “uncus head chaetae (=setae) simple, not split.” Although these three genera do not have a separate uncus head as in other members of the tribe, the setae associated with the uncus are not split.