Groenendaelini Yakovlev, 2021

Yakovlev, Roman V., 2021, New data on morphology and distribution of little known genus Groenendaelia Yakovlev, 2004 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae: Cossinae) with description of new tribe Groenendaelini Yakovlev, tribus n., Ecologica Montenegrina 41, pp. 51-55 : 53-54

Groenendaelini Yakovlev , tribus n.

Type genus: Groenendaelia Yakovlev, 2004 , designated here.

Description. Moths of big size, adults active in the nighttime. Antenna prismatic, simple, not pectinate. Fore wing preapically lightened. Hind wing dark, without pattern.

Male genitalia. Uncus pyramidal, apically acute; gnathos arms thick, of medium length; gnathos of medium size, covered with tine spikes; valve wide, with double process on costal edge, with practically reduced membranous distal part of valve; transtilla processes basally thick, long, apically acute; juxta robust with long lateral processes; saccus poorly expressed; phallus equal to valve in length, relatively thick, poorly curved, vesica aperture in dorso-apical position, vesica without cornuti.

The tribe has following synapomorphies:

- the non-pectinate antenna;

- the special double process on the costal edge of the valve;

- the practically reduced membranous distal part of the valve;

- the practically reduced saccus.

Composition. Two Genera: Groenendaelia Yakovlev, 2004 and Miacora Dyar, 1905 . Distribution. South-Eastern Asia and Southern America.