Testia mammaea (Hewitson, 1876) Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 43

Testia mammaea (Hewitson, 1876) , new combination

Hesperia mammaea Hewitson, 1876 placed in Decinea Evans, 1955 (type species Hesperia decinea Hewitson, 1876 ) by Evans (1955) is in a clade away from Decinea ( Fig. 11 ) and is instead sister to Testia potesta (Bell, 1941) , the type and the only species in its genus. The two species are similar in having long uncus arms, terminally expanded penis, a small pale spot near the end of the discal cell and a postdiscal row of such spots on hindwing below (sometimes vestigial) and a prominent ivory-colored area in the middle of cell CuA 2 -1A+2A on ventral forewing. Therefore, we propose Testia mammaea (Hewitson, 1876) , new combination, making Testia Grishin, 2019 no longer monotypic.

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Figure 11. Genomic tree of Hesperiina and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.