
Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894: 6. Type species: Deana sericea Butler, 1879, by monotypy. Loxycorys [sic]; Matsui et al. 2023: 91. Redescription Habitus. Head: Vertex with erect scales; frons slightly inflated; labial palpus (Figure 1a,b) long, with 3rd segment upturned obliquely; maxillary palpus long and upturned obliquely; proboscis fully developed. Abdomen (Figure 1c): Praecinctorium well developed and clearly bilobed; venulae secundae absent; male abdominal segment VIII without a distinctly-sclerotised pattern. Male genitalia (Figure 2c–g) – Uncus subconical, long-setose, broadly attached to tegumen; tegumen arched laterally. Gnathos present or absent. Vinculum broad, strongly sclerotised, with tapering saccus. Sacculus of valva strongly sclerotised, curved dorsoanteriorly, with a process on dorsal margin; base of valva bulged. Phallus strongly sclerotised; cornuti present or absent. Remarks This genus includes two species occurring in East and South Asian countries.
Published as part of Sohn, Jae-Cheon, 2023, Review of Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) with description of a new species from Korea and Taiwan, pp. 1304-1311 in Journal of Natural History 57 (25 - 28) on pages 1305-1306, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2252577, http://zenodo.org/record/10018168
Lepidoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Crambidae, Biodiversity, Loxocorys, Taxonomy
Lepidoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Crambidae, Biodiversity, Loxocorys, Taxonomy
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