Levu

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 53

Key to the species of Levu from Micronesia and Polynesia (males)

1. Forewings all fuscous.................................................................................. 2

- Infuscations of forewings faint or interrupted................................................................ 3

2. Forewings with Ms1a and Ms1b touching or nearly touching near their middle ( Fig. 157f), head stramineous ( Samoa, Guam).................................................................. L. rufulus Muir ( L. samoensis group), p. 40

- Forewings with Ms1a and Ms1b well separated near their middle ( Fig. 170f), head reddish brown ( Tonga)................................................................................................ L. kraussi sp. nov., p. 47

3. Forewing veins broadly lined with infuscations ( Truk Isl.).............. L. haedulus (Fennah) ( L. samoensis group), p. 38

- Forewings clouded with faint infuscations, or veins narrowly lined with infuscation................................ 4

4. Most forewing veins dark brown, accompanied by narrow bands of infuscation ( Ponape Isl.)......................................................................................... L. paganus (Fennah) ( L. samoensis group), p. 39

- Most forewing veins light brown, accompanied by bands of faint infuscations...................................... 5

5. Apex of male aedeagus pointed ( Guam, Yap) ( Fig. 156p)............... L. pallescens Metcalf ( L. samoensis group), p. 39

- Apex of male aedeagus rounded (e.g. Fig. 158o)............................................................. 6

6. Mesonotum with orange marks, sometimes faint ( Palau)............... L. lactineus (Fennah) ( L. samoensis group), p. 38

- Mesonotum without orange marks ( Samoa)............................ L. samoensis Muir ( L. samoensis group), p. 40