Larentiini

Schmidt, Olga, 2015, One century after: a reappraisal of the gnathos (sensu Pierce, 1914) in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zootaxa 3974 (3), pp. 328-340 : 332

Tribe Larentiini

Larentia clavaria . The remnants of the gnathos are invisible. The base of the large anal tube with its double subscaphium is connected to a broad membrane of the fultura superior (see Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012, fig. 87, male genitalia).

Entephria caesiata ( Fig. 9 ) and Mesoleuca albicillata ( Fig. 10 ). In both species the gnathos arms are very thin, weakly sclerotized and fused with the distal part of the tegumen. The base of the large anal tube with its very weakly sclerotized double subscaphium is connected to a broad membrane of the fultura superior.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 10. Male genitalia apically: 9. Entephria caesiata. 10. Mesoleuca albicillata. Gnathos is shown in grey.