Grammia (Mimarctia)

Schmidt, B. Christian, 2009, Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3), pp. 507-597 : 517

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x

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scientific name

Grammia (Mimarctia)
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SUBGENUS MIMARCTIA NEUMÖGEN & DYAR

Diagnosis: Two species are included in the subgenus Mimarctia : Grammia arge and G. doris . Although the wing pattern is superficially much like other Grammia , the forewing costal cell is entirely palescaled (except sometimes at extreme base), and the costal portion of the postmedial band is angled sharply basad, forming a straight or nearly straight line with the anal portion of the subterminal band (Figs 4, 5). Structurally, the dorsal margin of the male juxta is deeply cleft, v-shaped to slightly u-shaped, with a medial groove extending ventrally; the diverticula of the male vesica are much larger and more elongate than in any other Grammia species ( Figs 41B, 42B View Figures 40–45 ). The female ductus bursae lacks the sclerotized lateral plates ( Figs 72, 73 View Figures 72–78 ). The cremaster of the pupa is elongate, with well-developed longitudinal folds not extending onto distal portion of cremaster ( Smith, 1938a). The larvae have a complete or partial subdorsal stripe, and the tubercles are dull with finely barbed setae ( Smith, 1938a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Arctiidae

Genus

Grammia

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