Brihaspa Moore, 1867

Chen, Fu-Qiang & Wu, Chun-Sheng, 2014, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 163-208 : 202

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs20140201
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5654665
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treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Brihaspa Moore, 1867
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3.11 Brihaspa Moore, 1867 View in CoL ( Figs 11 View Figs 7–12 , 114 View Figs 108–115 , 120 View Figs 116–121 , 124 View Figs 122–125 )

Brihaspa Moore, 1868 View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 666; Hampson, 1896. Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, 4: 43.

Type species: Brihaspa atrostigmella Moore, 1868 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. The genus is distinguished from other genera by vein Sc and R 1 anastomosed but separated terminally, R 2 stalked with R 3+4 on forewing.

Description. Head with frons protruded; labial palpi porrect, covered with coarse scales; maxillary palpi slender, apex expanded; legs slender; female usually with anal tuft on the seventh abdominal segment.

Wings ( Fig. 11 View Figs 7–12 ). Forewing broad, apex round; Sc and R 1 anastomosed long and separated terminally; R 2 and R 3+4 stalked; R 5 from upper angle of cell; M 1 from discocellulares, closed to R 5; M 2 and M 3 from lower angle of cell, separated basally; Cu 1 from nearby lower angle of cell; Cu 2 before lower angle of cell. Hindwing with Sc+R 1 and Rs long stalked; M 1 shortly stalked with Sc+R 1 and Rs; M 2 and M 3 from lower angle of cell, separated basally; Cu 1 from nearby lower angle of cell; Cu 2 before lower angle of cell.

Male genitalia. Uncus near triangular; gnathos semicircular; valva with a hooked transtilla; juxta U-shaped; coremata present; aedeagus slender.

Female genitalia. Anal papillae slender, with long setae; apophyses anterioris and posterioris slender; ostium bursae broad, membranous, wrinkled, with membranous plate; ductus bursae short and slender; corpus bursae round, membranous.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Remarks. The genus comprises seven species, including one species from China.