Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894: 6. Type species: Deana sericea Butler, 1879, by monotypy. Loxycorys [sic]; Matsui et al. 2023: 91.

Redescription

Habitus. Head: Vertex with erect scales; frons slightly inflated; labial palpus (Figure 1a,b) long, with 3rd segment upturned obliquely; maxillary palpus long and upturned obliquely; proboscis fully developed. Abdomen (Figure 1c): Praecinctorium well developed and clearly bilobed; venulae secundae absent; male abdominal segment VIII without a distinctly-sclerotised pattern. Male genitalia (Figure 2c–g) – Uncus subconical, long-setose, broadly attached to tegumen; tegumen arched laterally. Gnathos present or absent. Vinculum broad, strongly sclerotised, with tapering saccus. Sacculus of valva strongly sclerotised, curved dorsoanteriorly, with a process on dorsal margin; base of valva bulged. Phallus strongly sclerotised; cornuti present or absent.

Remarks

This genus includes two species occurring in East and South Asian countries.