Spilonota Stephens, 1834

Choi, Seokhoon, Kim, Jeong-Nam, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Jang, Chang Moon, Kim, Hanul, Nasu, Yoshitsugu & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, Taxonomic study of the genus Spilonota Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini) with descriptions of two new species in Korea, Zootaxa 5418 (4), pp. 357-370 : 359

Key to the species of the genus Spilonota Stephens, 1834

1. Ground color of forewing dark with indistinct pattern......................................................... 2

Ground color of forewing not dark with distinct pattern....................................................... 3

2. Socii of male tapering apically, and sharp apex, cucullus of male kidney-shaped, with clear boundary from pollex, lamella antevaginalis of female genitalia medially concave...................................... S. eremitana Moriuti, 1972

Socii of male tapering apically, but middle thick enough to resemble lower part, and rounded apex, cucullus of male eggshaped, boundary with pollex unclear due to significant swelling, lamella antevaginalis of female genitalia medially convex.................................................................. S. laticucullusa Choi, Bae & Nasu , sp. nov.

3. Basal area of forewing with blackish from base to 1/3 of forewing.............................................. 4

Basal area of forewing with broad reddish-brown pattern from base to middle of costa, and 1/4 of dorsum.......................................................................................... S. semirufana (Christoph, 1882)

4. Basal area of forewing is of same color.................................................................... 5

Basal area of forewing with spotted patterns................................................................ 6

5. Postmedian fascia of forewing center white, and median fascia also white..... S. ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Postmedian fascia of forewing center darkish, and median fascia also darkish................ S. lechriaspis Meyrick, 1932

6. Preterminal fascia of forewing with distinct pattern.......................................................... 7

Preterminal fascia of forewing with indistinct pattern.......................... S. samseong Choi, Bae & Nasu , sp. nov.

7. Median fascia of forewing grayish white........................................... S. prognathana (Snellen, 1883)

Median fascia of forewing white................................................ S. albicana (Motschulsky, 1866)