Rhodoneura Guenée, 1858

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh K. & Chakraborty, Srijata, 2022, New records of Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) from Great Nicobar Island, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1), pp. 105-108 : 105

Genus Rhodoneura Guenée, 1858

1858. Rhodoneura Guenée , in Boisduval and Guenée Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid), 10 (Atlas): Pl. 1: Fig. 8. Type Species: Rhodoneura pudicula Guenée.

1863. Osca Walker, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 73 (preocc. Osca Walker, 1850 ( Diptera )). Type Species: Osca guttulosa Walker.

Diagnosis: Most of the Rhodoneura species are with yellowish wing colour having dark median fascia (except in R. sugitanii , with whitish wing). Rhodoneura species resembles with Striglina Guenée but are distinct in male genitalia by the long uncus; well-developed loop forming gnathos arms with a medial projection; valva slender, membranous; juxta with a pair of large sclerotized processes; aedeagus slender; vesica without cornutus. In the female genitalia, ostium bursae are simple, ductus bursae are slender, and corpus bursae are membranous, semi-ovate with a slender or stellate signum ( Choi, 2005).