Lythria (Microlythria), 2024

Makhov, I. A., Gorbunov, P. Yu. & Lukhtanov, V. A., 2024, Lythria (Microlythria subgen. nov.) venustata Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): distribution and description of the female, with a brief review of the genus, Zootaxa 5448 (1), pp. 29-48 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A74BE92D-00DD-4761-99EE-B2F7412A5EC3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11231077

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03821B70-9F4B-8755-6B82-FE9FFC56FD74

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scientific name

Lythria (Microlythria)
status

subgen. nov.

Lythria (Microlythria) subgen. nov.

Type species. Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882 View in CoL , here designated.

Diagnosis. The new subgenus differs from all species of the nominative subgenus, including its type species, in the following characters: [in male], the vinculum with the round saccus; the strongly reduced valva lacking a distal membranous part (valvula); the absence of a movable articulation between the valva and the genital segment; the presence of the juxta and well sclerotized anellus; the well-developed tegumen equipped with a pair of the large postero-lateral finger-like processes; [in female] the corpus bursae with a lamellar rhombic signum with a longitudinal ridge.

Description. See description of Lythria (Microlythria) venustata .

Etymology. The name is composed of the Greek word micro (μικρό), meaning small, and the genus name Lythria ; it refers to the smallest size of Lythria (Microlythria) venustata among its relatives.

Species included. Lythria (Microlythria) venustata Staudinger, 1882 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Lythria

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