Semnostola species

Xu, Zhang & Wang, Shuxia, 2006, A study of the genus Semnostola Diakonoff from China with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), Zootaxa 1283 (1283), pp. 37-45 : 38

Key to Semnostola species of the world based on male genitalia

(excluding S. atrana Kuznetzov )

1. Dorsum of tegumen with rounded projection ............................................................. 2

­ Dorsum of tegumen without rounded projection ........................................................ 5

2. Socius band­shaped ................................................................................... S. arquatana

­ Socius triangular .......................................................................................................... 3

3. Caulis as long as aedeagus ........................................................................ S. magnifica

­ Caulis shorter than aedeagus ....................................................................................... 4

4. Cucullus dorsally nearly straight ................................................................... S. mystica

­ Cucullus dorsally strongly bent ............................................................... S. triangulata

5. Socius large, ovate .................................................................................. S. thrasyplaca

­ Socius small, triangular ............................................................................................... 6

6. Aedeagus broad, width of aedeagus 0.8 x width of valva .................. S. grandaedeaga

­ Aedeagus slender, width of aedeagus 0.2 x width of valva ..................... S. trisignifera