Limacocera Hering, 1931

Wu, Jun, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Han, Hui-Lin, 2022, Four new species and two newly recorded species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) from China, ZooKeys 1123, pp. 205-219 : 205

Genus Limacocera Hering, 1931

Limacocera Hering, 1931: 674. Type species (by original designation): Narosa pachycera Hampson, 1897. Type locality: India, “Khásis” [Meghalaya, Khasi Hills].

Note.

Limacocera is a small and rare genus, erected by Hering (1931), with the type species, " Narosa pachycera Hampson, 1897". The forewings in this genus are grey, crossed by a characteristic broad, brown medial fascia. The labial palpi are up-curved, almost reaching to the vertex. The base of vein R1 in the forewing is strongly curved toward the vein Sc; the vein R2 is separate; the veins R3+R4 are stalked of R5. The tibial spurs are 0-2-4. The most obvious feature of this genus are the significantly extended antennae. The female antennae as long as the costal margin of the forewing, whereas the male antennae are longer than the costal margin and markedly enlarged ( Hampson 1897; Hering 1931; Holloway 1990; Solovyev and Witt 2009). In China, there was until now only one species known, L. hel Hering, 1931, from the type locality in Guangdong Province.