Thiallela Walker, 1863

Yang, Linlin & Ren, Yingdang, 2018, Two new species, one unrecorded species, and one newly reported male of genus Thiallela Walker, 1863 from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), Zootaxa 4387 (3), pp. 436-450 : 437-438

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5945772
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scientific name	Thiallela Walker, 1863
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Thiallela Walker, 1863 View in CoL

Thiallela Walker, 1863: 120 View in CoL . Type species: Thiallela signifera Walker View in CoL (synonym of T. ligeralis Walker View in CoL ), by monotypy. Luconia Ragonot, 1888: 7. Type species: Luconia pallidobasella Ragonot View in CoL , by monotypy. Synonymized by Ragonot & Hampson 1901: 511.

Phalobathra Meyrick, 1932: 234. Type species: Phalobathra escigera Meyrick View in CoL , by monotypy. Synonymized by Roesler & Küppers 1981: 69.

Diagnosis. Thiallela IS DIAGNOSeD bY THe MALe AND FeMALe GeNITAL STRUCTUReS: IN THe MALe THe WeLL-DeVeLOPeD TRANSTILLA HAS A PAIR OF POSTeROLATeRAL PROCeSSeS, THe bROAD VALVA HAS AN ARCHeD, ARM-LIKe CLASPeR AND AN APICALLY DISSOCIATeD SACCULUS, AND THe TRIANGULAR TO bOWL-SHAPeD eIGHTH AbDOMINAL STeRNITe ASSOCIATeD WITH A PAIR OF CULCITA; IN THe FeMALe ANTRUM IS bROAD, THe DUCTUS bURSAe IS SHORT AND bROAD, AND THe WeLL-DeVeLOPeD SIGNUM IS A STRONGLY beNDING HORN WITH A bROAD bASe.

Biology. ONe SPeCIeS OF THIS GeNUS WAS RePORTeD AS A NATURAL eNeMY OF THe PeSTS ON SUGARCANe, AND ITS LARVAe FeeD ON Ceratovacuna lanigera (ZeHNTNeR) (HUANG & LI, 2006).