Argyrotaenia
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Tortricidae
Name
Argyrotaenia Stephens, 1852 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type species
Tortrix politana Haworth, [1811]
Argyrothaenia Diakonoff, 1939 [misspelling of Argyrotaenia]: 190.
Subargyrotaenia Obraztsov, 1961: 38.
Remark
The following description is specific to Caribbean Argyrotaenia. However, most characters mentioned also apply to extralimital species.
Redescription
Labial palpus 1.5–2.0 × width of compound eye, second segment expanded apically; ocellus small, separated from compound eye by approximately width of ocellus; chaetosemata 0.25–1.00 × length of scales on frons; metathorax without dorsal scaling, patch of pale yellow setae present; costal fold absent; FWL 4.5–10.5 mm. Male genitalia with uncus variable, usually spatulate or subquadrate, occasionally narrow and acute; socii obsolete; tegumen moderate; arms of gnathos fused; transtilla without modifications; valva circular to subcircular, occasionally trigonal or trapezoidal, longitudinal fold of valva well-developed (except in A. ceramica). Female genitalia with papillae anales triangular or nearly so (occasionally narrowly rectangular), flattened and evenly roughened on ventral surface; colliculum present; signum present, usually long and J-shaped; capitulum present, with variable basal plate.
