Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, 2023, Review of Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) with description of a new species from Korea and Taiwan, Journal of Natural History 57 (25 - 28), pp. 1304-1311 : 1305-1306

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2023.2252577

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8428081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A887F2-216A-FFD1-FDE2-BBC50F3D06E7

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Plazi

scientific name

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894
status

 

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 View in CoL

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894: 6 View in CoL .

Type species: Deana sericea Butler, 1879 , by monotypy. Loxycorys [sic]; Matsui et al. 2023: 91.

Redescription

Habitus. Head: Vertex with erect scales; frons slightly inflated; labial palpus ( Figure 1a,b View Figure 1 ) long, with 3rd segment upturned obliquely; maxillary palpus long and upturned obliquely; proboscis fully developed. Abdomen ( Figure 1c View Figure 1 ): Praecinctorium well developed and clearly bilobed; venulae secundae absent; male abdominal segment VIII without a distinctly-sclerotised pattern. Male genitalia ( Figure 2c–g View Figure 2 ) – Uncus subconical, long-setose, broadly attached to tegumen; tegumen arched laterally. Gnathos present or absent. Vinculum broad, strongly sclerotised, with tapering saccus. Sacculus of valva strongly sclerotised, curved dorsoanteriorly, with a process on dorsal margin; base of valva bulged. Phallus strongly sclerotised; cornuti present or absent.

Remarks

This genus includes two species occurring in East and South Asian countries.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Loc

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894

Sohn, Jae-Cheon 2023
2023
Loc

Matsui Y & Mally R & Kohama S & Aoki I & Azuma M & Naka H 2023: 91
2023
Loc

Loxocorys

Meyrick E 1894: 6
1894
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