Adalgisa Schaus, 1928

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 15

Adalgisa Schaus, 1928 Figs 12, 49, 93, 94, 161

Type species.

Adalgisa croesa Schaus, 1928.

Diagnosis.

Three distinct hyaline patches between the following vein pairs of the forewing: Rs2 and Rs3, M3 and CuA1, CuA1 and CuA2. There are smaller hyaline patches between most other wing veins and narrowly along distal margin of discal cell. Similarly located, smaller hyaline patches exist on the hindwing as well.

Apomorphy.

(1) Phallus very long (longer than length from base of vinculum to tip of valva) and sharp, covered in fine spine-like setae (Fig. 12a), Suppl. material 3: Plate 6, 24: 4.