Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852

Pellinen, M. J., 2017, Two new species of the genus Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852 from Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae: Calpinae), Zootaxa 4329 (5), pp. 487-496 : 488

Genus Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852

In Boisduval & Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 6: : 359. Type-species: Plusiodonta chalsytoides Guenée, 1852 [ Indonesia, Java].

Synonymy: Deva Walker; Gadera Walker; Tafalla Walker ; Odontina Guenée , preocc., nec Odontina Zborzhewski [Mollusca]; Tinnodoa Nye, unnecessary replacement name.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 30–40 mm. Antenna of male smooth or scarcely ciliate; labial palps bent upwards, 3rd segment narrow, sharply directed from 2nd segment by obtuse angle; forewing shape more as in Calyptra Ochsenheimer and Oraesia Guenée ; wing pattern with golden or silvery areas on dark background; oblique fasciation on forewing is more obscure and more oblique than in Calyptra or Oraesia In male genitalia, uncus, scaphium and juxta similar to those in Oraesia; scaphium sclerotised; valva broad distally, costal margin sometimes angular; sacculus with process from inner margin. Aedeagus variable in length, vesica bulbous or somewhat tubular, simple, sometimes with patch of small cornuti. In female genitalia, anterior apophyses longer than posterior ones; ductus bursae elongated, sclerotised; corpus bursae elongated or oval, in some species scobinate or slightly sclerotised in caudal part. The genus includes 41 species distributed in tropical and subtropical areas over the World.