Bedosia Schaus, 1928

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 30

Bedosia Schaus, 1928 Figs 31, 67, 142, 143

Type species.

Cicinnus fraterna Schaus, 1905.

Diagnosis.

Bedosia is a rather diverse genus in coloration, shape, and size, but species belonging to this genus always have a B-shaped forewing hyaline patch (as is common in Cicinninae) and well defined postmedial lines on all wings. Most species have brown accented veins and triangular wings with straight margins or those that are slightly convex. Male genitalia, however, clearly unify this genus and distinguish Bedosia from the externally very similar Bedosiallo .

Apomorphies.

Combination of the following characters: (1) Valvae situated on dorsal half of vinculum (Fig. 31a) immediately below uncus such that ventral portion of vinculum extends downward as a well-defined projection (Fig. 31d); (2) Heavily concentrated paired set of setae emanate from diaphragm (Fig. 31b); (3) Gnathos arms massive and extremely robust, variable in shape but always arm-like and with species-specific modified tips, extended outward more so than upward (Fig. 31c).