Barsine cardinalis (Hampson, 1900)

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2017, Revision of the Barsine cardinalis - anomala ' species-complex' (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4358 (3), pp. 441-461 : 442

Barsine cardinalis species-group

Diagnosis. Externally, the species-group is characterized by the narrow forewings, small trigonal hind wings and the well developed sexual dimorphism (males have stronger fasciculate antennae, significantly smaller size, narrower forewings and narrower and more trigonal hind wings with broader hyaline basal area than females), whereas other species-groups have broader forewings, broader and rounded hind wings and less developed sexual dimorphism only expressed in difference in size of males and females. In the male genitalia, the species-group is characterized by the reduced tubercle-like medial costal process, the large, trigonal distal costal process directed apically, the very short, reduced distal saccular process, absence of distal membranous lobe of valva, the globular vesica with small diverticula and a medial field of very short, robust cornuti of different size. In the female genitalia, the species-group is characterized by presence of large, strongly sclerotized antevaginal plate with a deep U-like medial concavity, the long, twisted corpus bursae with strong rugose sclerotization in its posterior section and a long band-like signum in its anterior section. The species group includes one species with two subspecies.