Trisuloides

Behounek, Gottfried, Han, Hui-Lin & Kononenko, Vladimir, 2011, A revision of the genus Trisuloides Butler, 1881 with descriptions of three new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution I, Zootaxa 3069, pp. 1-25 : 23

Key to Trisuloides species, based on male genitalia

1. Harpe long, positioned longitudinally, along plate of valve..................................................... 2

- Harpe relatively short, positioned transversal............................................................... 4

2. Harpe digitiform, apically rounded or abrupt................................................................ 3

- Harpe bifurcate, apically pointed ( Fig. 57 )....................................................... T. catocalina

3. Harpe long, reaching dorsal or ventral margin of valva, apically rounded ( Figs. 58–60 )....................... T. sericea

- Harpe relatively short, not reaching dorsal or ventral margin of valva, apically abrupt ( Fig. 61 ).............. T. prosericea

4. Apex of valva abrupt, costa tipped, harpe comb-like ( Fig. 64 )............................................ T. becheri

- Apex of valva rounded, costa not tipped, harpe not comb-like................................................... 5

5. Harpe tooth-like....................................................................................... 6

- Harpe conical, serrate laterally, with prominent lateral extension ( Fig. 64 )................................... T. zhangi

6. Harpe tooth-like, flat, with two smaller basal extension and larger distal extension ( Fig. 62 )................... T. taiwana

- Harpe bifurcate, with two conical extensions about equal in length ( Fig. 63 )........................... T. rotundipennis

Figures

FIGURES 57 – 66. Trisuloides spp., male genitalia, structure of harpe. 57 – T. catocalina, Indonesia, Sulawesi; 58 – T. sericea India; 59 – T. sericea Japan (after Sugi 1976); 60 – T. sericea China, Lijiang; 61 – T. prosericea China; 62 – T. taiwana, Taiwan (after Sugi 1976); 63 – T. rotundipennis, China; 64 – T. zhangi, China; 65 – T. xizanga, China; 66 – T. becheri, China.