Pollex speideli, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 55

The speideli species-group

The speideli species-group comprises 8 species. They are characterised by the following 4 character states:

- fultura superior Y-shaped with long narrow arms, medially fused with tegumen and ventrally with juxta-anellus plate;

- fultura superior with a medial, finger-like process directed ventrally;

- phallus slightly to strongly curving posterior to ductus ejaculatorius; and

- corpus bursae cylindrical, slightly wider anteriorly.