Bardaxima species

Becker, Vitor Osmar, 2021, A review of the Neotropical moth genus Bardaxima (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Nystaleinae), with special reference to the species occurring in Brazil, Zoologia (e 63526) 38, pp. 1-14 : 2

Key to the Bardaxima species

1. FW dorsally with short white dash distad of upper end of cell (lucilinea- group)................................................................ 2

1’. FW dorsally without short white dash distad of upper end of cell .................................................................................... 4

2. HW fuscous........................................................................... 3

2’. HW whitish............................................................... donatian

3. FW dorsally with no contrasting dark brown spots, with a diffuse white dot near tornus ............................... lucilinea

3’. FW dorsally with no contrasting dark spots, with no diffuse white dot neat tornus............................................. furcifera

4. FW dorsally with the area along termen, above tornus, lighter than ground color, usually not reaching edge (ionia- group) .......................................................................... 5

4’. FW dorsally with the area along termen, above tornus, white, reaching edge (procne- group) ................................ 7

5. White area near tornus of FW dorsally reduced to a diffuse round blotch .......................................................... marcida

5’. White area near tornus extending to mid termen .............. 6

6. FW dorsally with a small, round black dot at end of cell ...... .................................................................................... ionia

6’. FW dorsally with a short, vertical dark dash at end of cell... ............................................................................... subrutila

7. Thorax dorsally with a conspicuous white dot at middle...... .................................................................................. procne

7’. Thorax dorsally without a conspicuous white dot at middle ..........................................................................................8

8. FW dorsally with conspicuous white mark near base. dissona

8’. FW dorsally without conspicuous white mark near base.... 9

9. FW dorsally with area above fold dark fuscous............ brauni

9’. FW dorsally with ground color uniformly gray ................ 10

10. HW whitish.............................................................. brewsteri

10’. HW fuscous ...................................................................... 11

11. FW length 20 mm or less...................................... terminalba