Manulea Wallengren, 1863

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas & Huang, Si-Yao, 2022, Taxonomic review of Manulea (M.) tienmushanica (Daniel), comb. nov., and its allies with descriptions of two new species from mainland China (Lepidoptera Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5182 (4), pp. 389-398 : 390

Genus Manulea Wallengren, 1863

Manulea Wallengren, 1863 , Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 7: 145.

Type species: Lithosia gilveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 (a junior synonym of Phalaena palliatella Scopoli, 1763 ), by subsequent designation by Moore (1878).

Diagnosis. The genus was characterised and compared with Eilema in detail by Dubatolov & Zolotuhin (2011). No autapomorphies can be recognised but in the male genitalia, the combination of the following features is characteristic of the genus. (1) The vinculum is strongly elongate with thin arms and a membranous intravincular area bearing one or two coremata. (2) The valva has a long and wide dorsal part with a thin costa lacking processes. (3) The sacculus is relatively narrow with an elongate distal process well separated from the dorsal part of the valva. (4) The phallus vesica bears robust cornuti ( Volynkin & Saldaitis 2021; Volynkin 2021a).