Two new species of Enarmoniini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from eastern Thailand
Author
Muadsub, Sopita
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand. E-mail: sun _ svbee @ hotmail. com
Author
Pinkaew, Nantasak
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand. E-mail: sun _ svbee @ hotmail. com & Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, NRU-KU, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand. E-mail: agrnsp @ ku. ac. th
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-07-24
3841
1
127
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journal article
5418
10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.7
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Helictophanes
Meyrick, 1881
Helictophanes
Meyrick, 1881
was proposed with
H. uberana
Meyrick
as the
type
species. As currently defined (
Horak 2006
), the genus includes five species:
H. uberana
Meyrick
from
Australia
,
H. prospera
(Meyrick)
from
India
,
H. scambodes
(Meyrick)
from
Australia
,
H. myriolychna
(Turner)
from
Australia
, and
H
.
flava
Muadsub and Pinkaew
,
n. sp.
, from
Thailand
, described below. Reported food plants for the genus include
Alyxia ruscifolia
R. Br. (Apocynaceae)
For
H. uberana
;
Hearnia sapindina
F. Muell. (Meliaceae)
for
H. myriolychna
; and
Omphalea queenslandiae
F. M. Bailey (Euphorbiaceae)
for
H. prospera
(
Horak 2006
)
.
Horak (2006)
characterized
Helictophanes
by the triangular to subrectangular forewing with the costa angled at 3/4 before the apex to evenly curved, and modified male hindwings with a ribbon-shaped process from the base of the anal area. The venation is characterized by a weak basal part of R
4
and a strongly oblique distal margin of the discal cell. The male genitalia have a swollen cucullus and sinuate or long sclerites ventrally. In the female genitalia the signa are represented by two large, curved blades tapering to sharp points.