Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura 1970 ...
Zenodo, 2024
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Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970. Type species: Pionea nephelistalis Hampson, 1913, by original designation. Diagnosis. Superficially, Nephelobotys evenoralis, N. habisalis, N. apiculata sp. nov. and N. denticulatus are similar to species of Torulisquama Zhang & Li, 2010 and Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 in sharing the yellow ground color with the brown subterminal band of wings. N. semicircularis sp. nov., N. brevis sp. nov. and N. flavicilialis are similar to species of Anamalaia Munroe & Mutuura, 1969 in the forewings nearly brown or yellowish brown. And almost all four genera have the small glandular fovea on the upper surface of the forewings and a scale-tuft on the under surface at the position of the fovea in male. But Nephelobotys can be distinguished from them by the columnshaped uncus dorsally clothed setae short, thick and terminally forked, folded sella composed of a membranous inside part and sclerotized outside part, inside sella ... : Published as part of Zhang, Dandan, Chen, Kai, Xiang, Lanbin & Kou, Zongqing, 2024, Revision of the genus Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), pp. 301-319 in Zootaxa 5403 (3) on pages 302-303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10550085 ...