Published August 6, 2024 | Version v1
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Archithosia (Eurythosia) Kruger 2015

  • 1. Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S. P. Calimera-Borgagne, Km 1, 73021 Calimera, Italy

Description

Key to the species of the subgenus Eurythosia (based on male genitalia)

The following keys do not include Archithosia jaundeana, as the holotype lacks the abdomen and its genitalia are unknown; see also the Discussion. Characters in the key are shown by arrows in Table 1.

1 Ala valvae with saccular distal process bent inwards and well developed......................................... 2

- Ala valvae with saccular distal process absent or barely visible......................................... A. derelicta

2 Ala valvae with a strong median process bent inwards.............................................. A. kinuthiae

- Ala valvae without such a process........................................................................ 3

3 Supravalva with a strong medially arising costal process........................................... A. angulifascia

- Supravalva without such a process........................................................................ 4

4 Distal process of the ala valvae as long as 1/3 of the entire ala valvae................................. A. makomensis

- Distal process of the ala valvae as long as 1/4 of the entire ala valvae............................... A. henricus n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Durante, Antonio, Potenza, Luigi & Pellegrino, Gabriele, 2024, A new species of Archithosia Birket-Smith, 1965 in the subgenus Eurythosia Krüger, 2015 from Uganda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 356-368 in Zootaxa 5492 (3) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13234883

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