Pamea Walker, 1855

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 26

Pamea Walker, 1855 Figs 25, 62, 125, 126

Type species.

Pamea albistriga Walker, 1855.

Diagnosis.

Quite similar to some of the smaller Andean Druentica species, but instead consistently have white outlined postmedial lines and white suffusions submarginally which contrast against a pale gray ground color finely stippled with darker petiolate scales. Pamea lack the black costal dot of Druentica .

Apomorphies.

In general, similar to Druentica but (1) Gnathos arms smaller, flatter distally, and very weakly sclerotized, almost membranous at their termini (Fig. 25a); (2) Basal valvae arms coiled (forming loop) (Fig. 25b), arms never simply curved as in Druentica (e.g., Fig. 22a).

Remarks.

St Laurent et al. (2018a) did not include this genus in their phylogeny and instead placed this genus in Druenticinae: Druenticini based on morphology, due to clear similarities to the genus Druentica (particularly the gnathos shape), Druentica was included by these authors. As was the case with the two previously treated Druenticini genera not formally included in any molecular phylogenetic analyses, the male genitalia morphology of Pamea allow confident placement of this genus within Druenticini . Our morphological phylogenetic analyses confirm this placement, consistently placing Pamea sister to the remainder of Druenticini (both ML analyses). Our ongoing molecular work which includes Pamea , also support this placement (St Laurent et al. in prep.).