Loxoneptera dichroma (Moore, 1888) Xiang & Chen & Zhang, 2021

Xiang, Lanbin, Chen, Kai & Zhang, Dandan, 2021, Revision and phylogeny of the genus Loxoneptera Hampson, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae), based on morphology and molecular data, ZooKeys 1036, pp. 75-98 : 75

Loxoneptera dichroma (Moore, 1888) comb. nov. Figs 13 , 25

Ebulea dichroma Moore, 1888: 223.

Calamochrous dichroma (Moore): Snellen, 1890: 599.

Anania dichroma (Moore): Nuss et al. 2003-2021, Global Information System on Pyraloidea .

Material examined.

Type material. Type ♂, Darjeeling [Darjiling], Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9749 (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

Wingspan 34.0 mm. This species can be distinguished by having a brown stripe along posterior margin of the discal cell in forewing, and ventral-distal wall of phallus is weakly sclerotised and obliquely extended into a process.

Distribution.

India.

Figures

Figures 10 - 13. Adults of Loxoneptera spp. 10 L. pentasaris, holotype, male (India) 11 L. bipunctalis, type, male (India) 12 L. brevipalpis, holotype, male (India) 13 L. dichroma, type, male (India). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

Figures 20 - 25. Male genitalia of Loxoneptera spp. 20 L. rectacerosa sp. nov., Yunnan (genitalia slide no. ZDD 12059) 21 L. medialis, Guangdong (genitalia slide no. SYSU 0987) 22 L. pentasaris, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9747) 23 L. bipunctalis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9750) 24 L. brevipalpis, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9748) 25 L. dichroma, India (Pyralidae Brit. Mus. Slide No. 9749). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.