Macessoga Schaus, 1928

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 13

Macessoga Schaus, 1928 Figs 9, 46, 87, 88; Suppl. material 3: Plate 2

Type species.

Perophora fabia Druce, 1887.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Eadmuna , but ground coloration more yellow to yellow-brown, with continuous dorsal postmedial line, which is mostly straight (except for a sharp angle toward costa), not incomplete and crenulate as in Eadmuna .

Apomorphies.

Combination of the following characters: (1) Uncus undifferentiated from tegumen, forming large (relative to remainder of genitalia) rounded triangle (Fig. 9a; Suppl.material 3: Plate 2); (2) Triangular transtilla or valva apodeme (of uncertain homology) extensions similar to those of Eadmuna but irregularly shaped and wrinkled; (3) Vesica without distinct cornutus or scobinate patch.