Genus Cofana Melichar, 1926

Cofana Melichar, 1926: 345; Yasumatsuus Ishihara, 1971: 18.

Genus Cofana can be distinguished from other genera by the aedeagus devoid of paraphyses and basal aedeagal processes and the hind wing without vein R2+3 (Young, 1986). Cofana species are mainly associated with grasses and rice fields (Krishnakutty & Viraktamath, 2008). There are 25 described species of Cofana of which 8 are known to be present on the Indian subcontinent.

See Young (1979) for further generic description.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental.