Xyleutes, Hubner, 1820
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.6 |
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Key to the world species of Xyleutes View in CoL
(based on the external features, the males genitalia of species in this genus differ very little)
1. Thorax from above partially or completely covered with floury-white scales ( Figs 1A–B View FIGURE 1 , 2A, D–F View FIGURE 2 ).................... 2
- Thorax from above completely covered with black scales ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ).......................... X. strix ( Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Thorax from above completely covered floury-white scales ( Figs. 1A–B View FIGURE 1 )......................................... 3
- Tegulae and patagia floury-white, thorax brown from above ( Figs 2A, D–F View FIGURE 2 )................................................................................................ X. ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman , sp. nov.
3. White pattern on fore wing developed along hind margin and at the apex ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 )........ X. personus ( Le Guillou, 1841)
- White pattern on fore wing developed along hind margin, discally and throughout marginal area ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 )............................................................................................... X. keyensis Strand, 1919 View in CoL
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