Manulea Wallengren, 1863

Volynkin, Anton V., 2021, Tortrilema, a new subgenus of the genus Manulea Wallengren with description of a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 48, pp. 9-17 : 10

Genus Manulea Wallengren, 1863

Manulea Wallengren, 1863 , Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 7: 145.

Type species: Lithosia gilveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 (a junior synonym of Phalaena palliatella Scopoli, 1763 ), by subsequent designation by Moore (1878).

Diagnosis. The genus was characterized and compared with Eilema in details by Dubatolov & Zolotuhin (2011). No autapomorphies can be recognized, but in the male genitalia, the combination of the following features is characteristic for the genus: (1) the vinculum is strongly elongate, with thin and weakly sclerotized arms, with membranous intravincular area bearing one or two bunches of androconial scales; (2) the valva has a long and wide dorsal part, costa thin and without processes; (3) the sacculus is relatively narrow and having an elongate distal process well separated from the dorsal part of the valva; (4) the aedeagus vesica bears robust cornuti ( Volynkin & Saldaitis 2021).