Coenodomus Walsingham, 1888: 49

Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2023, A new species of Coenodomus Walsingham, 1888 (Epipaschiinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) from India, Zootaxa 5264 (4), pp. 593-598 : 594

Genus Coenodomus Walsingham, 1888: 49

Type species: Coenodomus hockingi Walsingham, 1888 , by original designation

= Alippa Aurivillius, 1894 (Type species: Alippa anomala Aurivillius, 1894 , by monotypy)

= Dyaria Neumoegen, 1893 (Type species: Dyaria singularis Neumoegen, 1893 , by monotypy)

Distribution: India, China, Taiwan (Province of China), Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Java, USA ( Wang et al. 2017); Borneo ( Sutton et al. 2015).

Diagnosis: The members of genus Coenodomus can be easily recognised on the basis of strongly bipectinate antennae with very long pectination and a long, scaled projection from the scape of the antennae. In male genitalia, Coenodomus is characterised by a broad, ventrally concaved and laterally folded uncus, and valvae with a distinctly elongated and sclerotised costa. The genus is closely similar to the members of genus Orthaga Walker. 1859 , but is distinct by the antennal scape projection, which is almost as long as antennae, and by both the wings bearing patches of thick, raised scales, whereas in Orthaga , the scape projection is shorter and the patches of thick scales on wings are absent.