Baniana, Walker, 1858

Lafontaine, Donald & Walsh, J., 2010, A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae), ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 3-11 : 6-7

Key to species of Baniana

1. Postmedial line only slightly incurved below reniform spot; French Guiana, Brazil...................................................................................... B. inaequalis

– Postmedial line markedly incurved below reniform spot and bending upward toward reniform spot ................................................................................. 2

2. Black shading on antemedial line merely an enlarged dark area tapered slightly to posterior margin of wing.................................................................... 3

– Black shading on antemedial line forming large rounded or wedge-shaped lobe extending into medial area from middle of antemedial line................. 4

3. Black shading on antemedial line prominent from costal margin of wing to posterior margin; ground color of forewing brown; French Guiana.............. ................................................................................................... B. firmalis

– Black shading on antemedial line tapered to thin line toward costal margin of wing; ground color of forewing gray; Costa Rica.............................. B. haga

4. Postmedial line covering reniform spot (i.e., no black dots above pm line); Argentina............................................................................ B. triangulifera

– One or two black dots above postmedial line at position of reniform spot ..... 5

5. Two black dots representing reniform spot (Fig. 3); forewing length: 12–14 mm; Dominican Republic...................................................... B. significans

– One black dot representing reniform spot; forewing length: 8–10 mm ...... 6

6. Black lobe on antemedial line extending about 1/2 distance to postmedial line (Figs 7, 8); uncus with dorsal crest-like ridge at 1/4 from base (Fig. 12); posterior part of corpus bursae with longitudinally sclerotized ridges (Fig. 14); Durango, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica.................................. B. gobar

– Black lobe on antemedial line extending about 1/4 distance to postmedial line (Figs 4–6); uncus with finger-like process ventrally at 1/3 from base (Fig. 11); posterior part of corpus bursae evenly sclerotized (Fig. 13); southeastern Arizona to Costa Rica......................................................... B. minor