Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, 2023, Review of Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) with description of a new species from Korea and Taiwan, Journal of Natural History 57 (25 - 28), pp. 1304-1311 : 1305-1306

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894

Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894: 6 .

Type species: Deana sericea Butler, 1879 , by monotypy. Loxycorys [sic]; Matsui et al. 2023: 91.

Redescription

Habitus. Head: Vertex with erect scales; frons slightly inflated; labial palpus ( Figure 1a,b ) long, with 3rd segment upturned obliquely; maxillary palpus long and upturned obliquely; proboscis fully developed. Abdomen ( Figure 1c ): Praecinctorium well developed and clearly bilobed; venulae secundae absent; male abdominal segment VIII without a distinctly-sclerotised pattern. Male genitalia ( Figure 2c–g ) – Uncus subconical, long-setose, broadly attached to tegumen; tegumen arched laterally. Gnathos present or absent. Vinculum broad, strongly sclerotised, with tapering saccus. Sacculus of valva strongly sclerotised, curved dorsoanteriorly, with a process on dorsal margin; base of valva bulged. Phallus strongly sclerotised; cornuti present or absent.

Remarks

This genus includes two species occurring in East and South Asian countries.

Figures

Figure 1. Generic characteristics of Loxocorys. (a) Head of L. sericea, lateral view; (b) head of L. curvilineata sp. nov., lateral view; (c) abdominal segment II with tympana and praecinctorium in L. sericea; (d) wing venation of L. sericea, after Hampson (1896); (e) wing venation of L. curvilineata sp. nov.

Figure 2. Adults of Loxocorys. (a) Habitus of L. sericea (after Kim et al. 2017); (b) habitus of L. curvilineata sp. nov., holotype; (c) male genitalia of L. sericea (after Kim et al. 2017); (d) phallus of L. sericea (after Kim et al. 2017); (e) male genitalia of L. curvilineata sp. nov., paratypes; (f–g) phallus of L. curvilineata sp. nov. (f – whole phallus; g – enlarged view of cornuti). Scale bars = 5 mm.