Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894

Type species: Braunsia bicolor Kriechbaumer, 1894 .

Metriosoma Szépligeti, 1902, synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Metriosoma munda Szépligeti, 1902 .

Lissagathis Cameron, 1911, synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Lissagathis bicarinata Cameron, 1911 .

Laccagathis Watanabe, 1934, synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Laccagathis formosana Watanabe, 1934 .

Pholeocephala van Achterberg, 1988, synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Pholeocephala lieftincki van Achterberg, 1988 .

Distribution: Old world tropical, including African, Oriental, and Australian regions. Bhat and Gupta (1977) separated the genus Laccagathis, which is here considered a junior synonym (following Sharkey et al. 2006). No specimens are recorded from Th ailand, but we have collected two species.

Diversity: 68 species are described world-wide and 26 are known from the Oriental region (Yu et. al. 2005).

Biology: Most host records are on Pyralidae, with one record each for Lasiocampidae and Noctuidae that need confirmation.

Phylogenetic Information. Sister to Lytopylus (as Bassus s.s. in Sharkey et al. 2006).

Figure 2I. Braunsia sp. a lateral habitus b forewing

Diagnosis: Metasomal median tergite 3 with longitudinal striae (as in Fig. 14a), first median tergite with prominent lateral longitudinal carinae; second submarginal cell with an adventitious 2 RS vein (Figs. 15b, 21b).