Procinnus Herbin, 2016

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 26-27

Procinnus Herbin, 2016 Figs 26, 59, 127, 128

Type species.

Procinnus cahureli Herbin, 2016.

Diagnosis.

Narrow, elongate, sharply acutely triangular wings; coloration varies from silver-gray to brown, but wing shape along with lack of hyaline patches on all wings, and presence of well-defined discal marking unify this small genus.

Apomorphy.

(1) Pair of elongated, sharp projections extend from either side of VIII sternite, which together with the basal valva arms typical of Druenticini and low-set gnathos arms, give the lower half of the genitalia an overall appearance of possessing a massive multi-fingered claw (Fig. 26a).

Remarks.

We note that one undescribed species is known to the first author to belong to this genus based on clear male genitalia characters, but has significantly stouter wings than other Procinnus and a preapical postmedial line. The coloration and discal markings of this undescribed taxon are however, typical of this genus. Also in this and another undescribed Procinnus species known to the first author, there are fewer sternite VIII arms, but those that are present are the same shape and size as in other described taxa. This combined with the valvae and gnathos shapes are not unlike those of more typical Procinnus .