Pollex spina, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 69

The spina species-group

The spina species-group comprises 3 species. It is characterised by the following 2 character states:

- fultura superior with a small to large dorsal process displaced to base of right arm, otherwise Yshaped with long narrow arms, fused medially with tegumen and ventrally with juxta-anellus plate; and

- pollex prominently asymmetrical; right pollex longer than ampulla, transformed into a massive curved spine; left pollex also dissimilar to those of other species in genus.