Grammia, RAMBUR, 1866

Schmidt, B. Christian, 2009, Taxonomic revision of the genus Grammia Rambur (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3), pp. 507-597 : 520

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00496.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10546072

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987FA-FFB9-F72F-FC52-69D8FD7AE768

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scientific name

Grammia
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SUBGENUS GRAMMIA RAMBUR

Diagnosis: All but two of the 36 species of the genus are included in the subgenus Grammia . Although the wing pattern is superficially like Mimarctia , the forewing costal cell is never entirely pale-scaled, and the costal portion of the postmedial band is not angled sharply basad. Structurally, the dorsal margin of the male juxta is broadly concave and u-shaped (somewhat v-shaped in Mimarctia ). The male vesica is moderately developed with poorly to moderately differentiated chambers and diverticula ( Figs 44–71 View Figures 40–45 View Figures 46–51 View Figures 52–57 View Figures 58–63 View Figures 64–68 View Figures 69–71 ); Mimarctia exhibits large, well-defined chambers and diverticula ( Figs 40, 41 View Figures 40–45 ). The male distal portion of valve is well developed, simple, and rounded to slightly pointed (rounded or sickle-shaped in Mimarctia ). The female ductus bursae has two sclerotized lateral plates near the ostium, absent in Mimarctia . Where known, the cremaster of the pupa is short and broad, not elongate as in Mimarctia , and lacks the basal folds or grooves (except for G. virgo ) of Mimarctia ( Smith, 1938a, b). The larval tubercles are shiny silvery-white not dull as in Mimarctia , with coarsely barbed (vs. finely barbed) setae ( Smith, 1938a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Arctiidae

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