Vietnamodes, Leraut, 2017

Qi, Mujie & Li, Houhun, 2020, Genus Vietnamodes Leraut, 2017 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) new to China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 190-196 : 191

Key to the species of Vietnamodes based on male genitalia

1. Uncus rhombic; cornuti absent........................................................................... 2

- Uncus ovate; cornuti composed of minute thorns ( Fig. 9 )..................................... V. unicispina sp. nov.

2. Sacculus of valva with distal extension as a lobe; apex of sacculus with a cluster of long thorns on dorsal inner surface of valva ( Fig. 7 )..................................................................................... V. adelinae

- Sacculus of valva without distal extension; apex of sacculus without long thorns on dorsal surface of valva ( Fig. 8 ).................................................................................................... V. dogueti

Figures

FIGURES 7–9. Male genitalia of Vietnamodes spp. 7. V. adelinae, slide No. QMJ15158; 8. V. dogueti, slide No. QMJ15159; 9. V. unicispina sp. nov., holotype, slide No. QMJ17030. (Scale bars: 0.5 mm)