Maikona Matsumura, 1928

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh & Fric, Zdenek Flatynek, 2024, Discovery of the genus Maikona Matsumura, 1928 (Noctuidae: Agaristinae) from India with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5481 (5), pp. 582-590 : 583

Genus Maikona Matsumura, 1928

Type species: Maikona jezoensis Matsumura, 1928 . Insecta Matsumurana 2 (3): 126, by original designation.

Diagnosis. The moths of the genus Maikona Matsumura, 1928 exhibit male genitalia that are very similar to those of the genus Alloasteropetes Kishida & Machijima, 1994 , but they differ significantly in their wing patterns. Maikona moths follow the typical trifid noctuid moth pattern, with orbicular and reniform stigmata and distinct antemedial and postmedial transverse lines ( Owada et al. 2003a). Adult Maikona moths are notable for their very hairy bodies, a prominent crest on the first abdominal segment, and blackish body and wing coloration ( Owada et al. 2003b). In the male genitalia of Maikona , the ventral projection of the valva is connected to a sclerotized plate that originates from a basal sclerotized part of the costa. In contrast, in Alloasteropetes , a sclerotized plate from the costa is present, but the ventral projection of the valva is absent ( Owada et al. 2003b).