Prorophora Ragonot, 1887

Liu, Jiayu & Li, Houhun, 2012, Taxonomic study of the genus Prorophora Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in China, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 180, pp. 41-51 : 42-43

Prorophora Ragonot, 1887

Prorophora Ragonot, 1887: 252. Type species: Prorophora curvibasella Ragonot, 1887, by monotypy.

Aproceratia Amsel, 1950: 224. Type species: Proceratia rhectogramma Meyrick, 1937 (= Myelois albunculella Staudinger, 1879), by monotypy. Synonymised by Roesler (1973).

Reisserempista Roesler, 1970: 55. subgenus of Prorophora Type species: Prorophora (Reisserempista) mongolica Roesler, 1970, by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

Prorophora is characterized by the frons with a distinct laterally compressed projection (Fig. 2). It is similar to Gymnancyla Zeller, 1848, but can be distinguished by the following characters: the maxillary palp absent or discernible; the transtilla tiny thorn-shaped if present, the 8th sternum is rarely extended in the male genitalia; and the antrum usually sclerotized strongly in the female genitalia. In Gymnancyla Zeller, the maxillary palp is developed, reaching end of the second segment of the labial palp; the transtilla is usually triangular, the 8th sternum is distinctly extended in the male genitalia; and the antrum is inconspicuous or weakly sclerotized in the female genitalia.

Distribution. Mongolia, Russia (Ural), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal and Sri Lanka. Newly recorded for China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia).

Key to species of the genus