Micrerethista Meyrick, 1938

Lee, Dong-June, Ko, Jae-Ho, Lee, Tak-Gi & Bae, Yeong-Bin Cha and Yang-Seop, 2020, First report of Harmacloninae (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) in Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (2), pp. 162-166 : 164

Genus Micrerethista Meyrick, 1938

Micrerethista Meyrick, 1938: 527 . Type species: Micrerethista mochlacma Meyrick, 1938 .

Syncopacma Meyrick, 1938: 527 . Type species: Syncopacma capnozona Meyrick, 1938 .

General morphology. Generally, from small to large sized moths. Wings pale gray irrorated with brown and fuscous in most species. Head covered with light gray to gray scales in most species. Forewing and hindwing with base of media simple in discal cell ( Fig. 2 ). Wing venation is usually complete. Male genitalia are characterized by the following characters: vinculum usually abruptly constricted to form slender; saccus slightly short; gnathos divided to partially fused, consisting of paired, slender arms connected by membrane; aedeagus with mid ventral keel present. Female genitalia are characterized by following characters: ductus bursae usually elongate and exceeding length of anterior apophyses; a slender band of spicules often extending the length of ductus from antrum to corpus bursae; signum absent.

Remarks. Total 11 species of the genus Micrerethisa are recorded globally: one species from Japan, two species from Indonesia, two species from Thailand, two species from Brunei, two species from New Guinea, four species from Australia, and one species from Central Africa Republic ( Davis, 1998).

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Fig. 2. Wing venation of Micrerethista denticulata Davis, 1998, ♂.