Herbinalla St Laurent & Kawahara, 2018

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 17-18

Herbinalla St Laurent & Kawahara, 2018 Figs 15, 52, 97, 98

Type species.

Cicinnus caudina Schaus, 1905.

Diagnosis.

Antemedial/ medial areas strongly contrast against the darker, chestnut brown postmedial/submarginal areas, these two distinct regions of color are divided by a pure white, sinuate postmedial line. Trogoptera mana Schaus displays a similar coloration scheme but the forewing has a distinct tornal notch and an anterior hindwing notch typical of Trogopterini , which is absent in Herbinalla . The particularly acute hindwing anal angle, which is accentuated by darker scales at the tips, is largely unique to this genus.

Apomorphies.

(1) Seemingly floating sclerotized plate apparently homologous with plate-like gnathos of Alheitini , covered in fine setae, situated centrally within the diaphragm, plate not connected to remainder of the genitalia by any sclerotization (Fig. 15b); (2) The only alheitine genus with narrow and downwardly curved uncus (Fig. 15a) (this itself is not an apomorphy due to elongated/narrow uncus in other mimallonid genera, however its presence coupled with other typical alheitine traits such as valva shape, are unique to this genus).