Lycophantis Meyrick, 1914 : 122

Cong, Peixin & Li, Houhun, 2016, Taxonomic study of the genus Lycophantis Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 105-114 : 106

Genus Lycophantis Meyrick, 1914: 122 .

Lycophantis Meyrick, 1914: 122 . Type species: Lycophantis chalcoleuca Meyrick, 1914 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Adults of Lycophantis are characterized by the forewing often bicolored with golden luster, R4 and R5 long-stalked ( Fig. 2 ), the sacculus usually with a row or a cluster of spines in the male genitalia ( Fig. 4 ). Lycophantis is similar to Zelleria in the genital structures, but differs from the latter in the male genitalia by the ventral plate of the gnathos fused with the tuba analis, and in the female genitalia by the ductus bursae usually without granules or denticles. In Zelleria, the ventral plate of the gnathos is free, and the ductus bursae bears granules or denticles.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Venation of Lycophantis elongata. Male, slide no. CPX 14210 W (Scale = 1.0 mm).

FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Lycophantis spp. a, L. chalcoleuca, slide no. CPX 14162; b, L. elongata, slide no. CPX 14151; c, L. leviaurata, slide no. CPX 14145; d, L. mucronata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. CPX 14204; e, L. stenopetala sp. nov., holotype, slide no. LTT 12242; f, L. incurvula sp. nov., paratype, slide no. LTT 12243. (Scales = 0.2 mm)