Hemiglaea Sugi, 1980

Ahmad, Jalil, Singh, Navneet & Joshi, Rahul, 2023, First record of two species of Xylenini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (2), pp. 139-142 : 139

Genus Hemiglaea Sugi, 1980

1980. Hemiglaea Sugi ; Tyô to Ga, 30 (3,4): 200

Type species: Penicillaria costalis Butler 1879

Taxonomic notes: Genus Hemiglaea was erected by Sugi (1980) for placement of Peniciilaria costalis Butler, 1879 (type species) from Japan. The genus is characterized by the ciliate antennae in males, palpi moderate, with third segment short; In male genitalia, uncus relatively small, bluntly pointed; juxta large, wider at base and restricted at middle; valvae narrow, cucullus degenerated without corona, harpe as slender arm & smoothly curved, sacculus produced dorso-apically; aedeagus moderate without cornutus. The genus has currently nine species worldwide with a single species ( Hemiglaea costigera Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 ( Shashank & Benedek, 2020)) distributed in India. Hemiglaea mirabilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 is another species recorded here for the first time from India.