Megalota, Diakonoff, 1966

Brown, John W., 2009, The discovery of Megalota in the Neotropics, with a revision of the New World species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini), Zootaxa 2279 (1), pp. 1-50 : 6

Key to the species groups of Megalota based on female genitalia

1. Signum in the form of a parallel-sided, tongue- or fin-shaped sclerite ( Figs. 55-63 ); colliculum comprising about half of ductus bursae ........................................................................................................................B. delphinosema group

- Signum stellate or comblike ( Figs. 49-54 ); colliculum comprising one-third or less of ductus bursae ........................ ........................................................................................................................................................ A. submicans group 1

Figures

FIGURES 52–55. Female genitalia of Megalota. 52. M. aquilonaris, image of USNM slide 124,109; 53. M. vulgaris, image of USNM slide 95,323; 54. M. ochreoapex, image of USNM slide 85,864; 55. M. spinulosa, image of USNM slide 84,874.

FIGURES 56–59. Female genitalia of Megalota. 56. M. simpliciana, image of USNM slide 95,367; 57. M. delphinosema, image of USNM slide 84,864; 58. M. ricana, image of INBio slide 38,789; 59. M. bicolorana, image of USNM slide 85,869.

FIGURES 60–63. Female genitalia of Megalota. 60. M. longisetana, image of USNM slide 84,894; 61. M. deceptana, image of USNM slide 84,886; 62. M. crassana, image of USNM slide 95,343; 63. M. gutierrezi, image of USNM slide 84,876.

FIGURES 49–51. Female genitalia of Megalota. 49. M. submicans, image of USNM slide 85,858; 50. M. synchysis, image of USNM slide 124,115; 51. M. peruviana, image of BMNH slide 31,399.