Mormogystia
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Cossidae
Name
Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990, Zool. Verhandelingen 263: 75–78. Type species – Cossus reibellii Oberthür, 1876.
Diagnosis
Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genus by having large silvery areas on the forewing.
Description
Medium sized, brightly coloured moths. Male antennae bipectinate with very short processes; female antennal pecten much reduced. Large silvery areas on the forewing forming fasciae make this the only Cossidae genus to have such a high contrast pattern. Hindwings are uniform.
Male genitalia. Uncus elongate, with tapering or rounded broad apex; arms of gnathos short, fused to form a medium-size gnathos densely covered with small spines; valvae shovel-shaped, with pronounced sacculus and a large triangular costal projection; transtilla projections short, thick and uncinate; juxta saddle-shaped, with long lateral projections directed upwards; saccus massive, semicircular; aedeagus short, straight, thick; vesica opening located dorsoapically, its edges with short, spiny processes; vesica without cornutus.
Female genitalia. Short oviductus; papillae anales wide, elliptic; apophyses posteriores ⅓ longer than apophyses anteriores; ostium broad, covered with falciform postvaginal plate; ductus wide, sclerotised; bursa membranous, sack-shaped, without signa.
Remarks
This small genus includes four species distributed in north Africa, Levante, Arabian peninsula and Kenya (Yakovlev 2011[1] ).
Taxon Treatment
- Borth, R; Ivinskis, P; Saldaitis, A; Yakovlev, R; 2011: Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) ZooKeys, 122: 45-69. doi
Other References
- ↑ Yakovlev R (2011) Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66, Marktleuthen, 1–129.
