Mambarona Hering, 1931

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Chandra, Kailash & Solovyev, Alexey V., 2021, A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea), Zootaxa 4927 (1), pp. 123-132 : 127

Genus Mambarona Hering, 1931

Mambarona Hering, 1931: 685 .

Type species. Susica congrua Walker, 1862 (by original designation) (TL: Sarawak, Borneo ) .

Distribution. India to the Philippines ( Solovyev & Witt 2009), and Papua New Guinea.

Diagnosis. The genus Mambarona Hering, 1931 is defined by: i) the yellowish brown colour and an obliquely straight band and zig-zag submarginal fascia on the forewings, ii) male genitalia with bifid gnathos and iii) aedeagus sickle-shaped and apically acute. Members of this genus are sexually dimorphic, with females larger than males ( Solovyev & Witt 2009).

Taxonomic notes. Holloway (1986) synonymized the genus Mambarona with Birthama Walker, 1862 , but later, Solovyev & Witt (2009) resurrected the genus Mambarona including six species: M. congrua ( Walker, 1862) (= Setora simplex Snellen, 1900 , in Piepers & Snellen 1900: 64) (as type species), M. obliquifascia ( Hampson, 1893) (= Miresa canescens Hampson, 1896 ) from Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Hering 1931); M. timorensis Hering, 1931 from Suai, Portuguese Timor [ East Timor] ( Hering 1931); M. florensis Hering, 1931 from West Flores, [ Indonesia] ( Hering 1931); M. irrorata ( West, 1932) from Philippines and Sulawesi ( Holloway 1986) and M. pelochroa ( West, 1932) from Mindanao [ Philippines] ( Holloway 1986).

Remark. Holloway (1986) reported M. obliquifascia from S[outh] India also, but it seems to be due to wrong interpretation.