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Pattern analysis of Platyja ("Facidia") remaudi, same specimen as in Fig. 30. Abbreviations: fw = forewing, hw = hindwing.
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Following a review of the Afrotropical species of the Platyja genus group, the following generic synonymies are established: Platyja Hübner, [1823] = Facidia Walker, 1865 syn. n., = Megacephalomana Strand, 1943 syn. n., and at the same time Facidia (= Megacephalomana) is placed as a subgenus (stat. n., limitedly to such rank by application
of ICZN...
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... segment from the costa to the rusty-coloured patch inside the cell may easily be recognised as the anterior section of the antemedial line, which is in fact double, like the posterior section reaching the anal margin. However, this would imply that the orbicular stigma is proximal to this line, which is something completely unusual for Noctuoidea (Fig. 44). Whatever the case, this arrangement shows the remarkable modifications occurring in remaudi and calls for a thorough assessment of the homologies of its pattern elements. The dotted anterior section of the postmedial line, the much reduced pedunculate lobe of the median field, and the apical pale beige mark on the notched apex further ...
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... This institution, together with Collection Patrick Basquin (F-Normandie: Yvetot-Bocage) (CPB) and Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (MNHN), will serve as depositories for the types. Dissection and mounting of the male genitalia apparatus of the holotype was realized by Christian Gibeaux (Paris) after the standard methods used in lepidopterology recalled by Zilli & László (2022), who were also followed as regards the photography techniques, while slide preparation of the legs was performed by one of us (AZ). Trichanua Berio, 1954 was described by Berio (1954) as a subgenus of Anua Walker, 1858 (currently considered as a junior subjective synonym of Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816), designating Anua (Trichanua) mimetica Berio, 1954 as type species. ...
Following taxonomic considerations on Trichanua Berio, 1954, which is here reinstated as a valid subgenus (stat. rev.) of Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816, Ophiusa (Trichanua) basquini n. sp. from Gabon is described.
... Standard protocols as recently detailed by Zilli & László (2022) for preparation, dissection and photographing of Lepidoptera were followed. ...
Following the examination of museum holdings and recently collected material of noctuid moths from New Guinea, the new subgenus Papuagrotis Vink & Zilli subgen. n. of Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 is described. This is found to consist of at least three montane species new to science that are herein described also, namely Agrotis (Papuagrotis) habbemae Vink & Zilli sp. n., A. (P.) bintangus Vink & Zilli sp. n. and A. (P.) minutus Vink & Zilli sp. n. Characters and relationships of the group with respect to other Agrotis s.l. are reviewed
and briefly discussed.
New footage confirms Hemiceratoides moths to be bird tear-drinking. Bionomics of Hemiceratoides is updated, and its taxonomy revised, with descriptions of Hemiceratoides ornithopotis sp. nov. and H. avimolestum sp. nov., while Cynisca thysbe, type species of Siccyna (= Cynisca), is re-combined as H. thysbe comb. nov. (thus Hemiceratoides = Siccyna synon. nov.), whereas another Siccyna, originally Cynisca reichi, is found to be conspecific with Devena atomifera (synon. nov.). We highlight the striking proboscis modifications in Hemiceratoides compared to non-calpine erebids that may perhaps be incidental eye frequenters. Hemiceratoides sittaca has remarkable, sexually dimorphic labial palps, which are fang-like in males, probably assisting in tear feeding. Hemiceratoides also features unusual valval processes, an asymmetric whip-or stick-like juxta, and sclerotizations surrounding the ostium bursae. A phylogenetic tree reconstructed with eight nuclear genes as well as COI for the subfamilies Hypocalinae + Calpinae confirms the prior finding that Hemiceratoides belongs to tribe Ophiderini, not to Calpini, and supports previously held relationships between calpine genera, except that (Miniodes + Phyllodes) do not form a sister group relationship with (Hemiceratoides + Eudocima). We thus discuss the controversy over the evolution of the unusual feeding habits in Hemiceratoides. Finally, Calyptra canadensis comb. rev. is updated due to a newly established synonymy Calyptra = Percalpe synon. nov.
