Mimallo Huebner , 1820

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 13

Mimallo Huebner, 1820 Figs 10, 47, 89, 90; Suppl. material 3: Plate 3

Type species.

Bombyx amilia Cramer, 1780.

Diagnosis.

Combination of the following characters: wing margins irregular, postmedial lines always with distinct maculation of variable thickness spanning from postmedial line to wing margin, postmedial maculation wider on hindwing; forewing always with hyaline patch bisected by M2.

Apomorphy.

Pair of twisted, wrinkled, tendril-like elongations originating from vinculum near inner costal base of valvae (Fig. 10a), forming complex with valva apodeme, elongations extend inward into body cavity and then curve outward through center of vinculum, elongations’ total length (straightened) longer than valva or tegumen + uncus.