Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae)
Author
Laurent, Ryan A. St
Author
Kawahara, Akito Y.
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.815.27335
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.815.27335
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Menevia Schaus, 1928
Figs 3, 41, 79, 80; Suppl. material 3: Plates 1, 3, 4, 6
Type species.
Cicinnus lantona
Schaus, 1905.
Diagnosis.
Shape somewhat variable, but maculation consistent in presence of white apical dash on the forewing which forms a connection with a white, swooping "postmedial lunule" which may or may not form a continuous white band outlining the postmedial line (
St Laurent and Dombroskie 2016
).
Apomorphy.
(1) Paired, elongated, thin, tusk-like extensions reaching outwards from modified transtilla/juxtal complex which itself extends inward into the body cavity from attachments on either side of the inner costal apodemes of the valvae (Fig. 3a).