Drepana crocea, Leech
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Group crocea Leech
In this species group, the white mid-cell spot, discal spot and posterodistal spot are present on the upperside of the forewing. A white discal spot ringed with brown is present on the upperside of the hind wing. In the male, the eighth tergite is nearly rectangular, the eighth sternite is bell-like or tongue-shaped; the uncus is deeply bifurcate and forms two long branches; the apexes of the branches are pointed; the socii are generally long, slender and digitate; the gnathos is composed of two parts: the dorsal part is usually semicircular and spinose, while the ventral part is a sclerotized plate with two blunt processes; the anellus is usually sclerotized and arched dorsally; the saccus is slender; the valva is narrow and long, arcuate and not reaching the apex of the uncus; the aedeagus is slender; the cornuti are composed of a spinose band and a patch of bigger spines posteriorly. In the female, the dorsal lobes of the ostial segment are small.
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