Helictophanes Meyrick, 1881

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2014, Two new species of Enarmoniini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from eastern Thailand, Zootaxa 3841 (1), pp. 127-134 : 127-128

Helictophanes Meyrick, 1881

Helictophanes Meyrick, 1881 was proposed with H. uberana Meyrick as the type species. As currently defined ( Horak 2006), the genus includes five species: H. uberana Meyrick from Australia, H. prospera (Meyrick) from India, H. scambodes (Meyrick) from Australia, H. myriolychna (Turner) from Australia, and H. flava Muadsub and Pinkaew , n. sp., from Thailand, described below. Reported food plants for the genus include Alyxia ruscifolia R. Br. (Apocynaceae) For H. uberana ; Hearnia sapindina F. Muell. (Meliaceae) for H. myriolychna ; and Omphalea queenslandiae F. M. Bailey (Euphorbiaceae) for H. prospera ( Horak 2006) .

Horak (2006) characterized Helictophanes by the triangular to subrectangular forewing with the costa angled at 3/4 before the apex to evenly curved, and modified male hindwings with a ribbon-shaped process from the base of the anal area. The venation is characterized by a weak basal part of R 4 and a strongly oblique distal margin of the discal cell. The male genitalia have a swollen cucullus and sinuate or long sclerites ventrally. In the female genitalia the signa are represented by two large, curved blades tapering to sharp points.