Roelofa Schaus, 1928

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Roelofa Schaus, 1928 Figs 6, 43, 81, 82; Suppl. material 3: Plate 3

Type species.

Perophora olivia Schaus, 1896.

Diagnosis.

Combination of the following two characters: forewing with black apical streak which forms a connection with a dark colored, straight or concave (or convex in some females) postmedial line and with pair of elongate darkly colored terminal abdominal tufts. Such tufts are seen in other genera but never in combination with the presence of a darkly colored forewing apical streak.

Apomorphy.

Valvae with basal mesal flap-like extension which may be finger-like or more triangular and spined; valva flap extends into center of genitalia and curves outwards (Fig. 6a).