Mimozethes Warren, 1901

Jiang, Nan, Liu, Shuxian, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2016, A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), ZooKeys 553, pp. 119-148 : 134-135

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Drepanidae

Mimozethes Warren, 1901

Mimozethes Warren, 1901: 190. Type species: Euchera nana Warren, 1897, by original designation.

Generic characters.

Head. Antennae lamellate and shortly unipectinate, basal part of antennae without rami (Fig. 1b). Frons not protruding. Labial palpi with second segment slightly curved, third segment oval. Thorax. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Apex of forewing falcate; outer margin of forewing protruding. Wing. Wings colour dark brown. Forewing with silver grey antemedial line, sometimes indistinct; discal spot black and small; postmedial line silver grey, forming a “>” shaped protrusion near R5. Hind wing with medial line and postmedial line silver grey and almost straight. Black brown patches present near anal angle of both wings. Terminal lines of both wings composed of a series of blackish brown strips covering silver grey scales, very distinct towards apex. Underside with distinct discal spot, costa, apex and outer margin suffused with pale yellowish brown scales. Vein (Fig. 3b). Forewing with R1 separate, R2-4 and R5 stalked, M2 arising from middle of discocellulars; Hind wing with Sc+R1 close to Rs beyond distal cell, then far from Rs, M2 arising from middle of discocellulars. Anterotergal syndeses developed at anterior margin of 2nd tergum (Fig. 2). A pair of androconial hair-pencils present on 2nd sternum of male (Fig. 2). Male genitalia. Uncus triangular, acute terminally; socii undeveloped; gnathos connected at middle and with median process small and acute apically; sacculus forming a long process; juxta short and broad, concaved posteriorly; saccus broad and rounded terminally; Phallus short; vesica without cornuti. Female genitalia. Papillae anales broad and rounded; lamella postvaginalis large and oval, with many tiny spines; ductus bursae long and narrow, with a colliculum; corpus bursae oval, without a signum.

Diagnosis.

See under Cyclidia .

Remarks.

According to Inoue (1962), Mimozethes argentilinearia (Leech, 1897) occurs in Japan and Taiwan. However, it has not been recorded from Taiwan in later studies ( Inoue 1992, Yan et al. 2009, Chen 2011). Thus, following that, we do not include the species in this paper.

Distribution.

China, Japan.

Key to Chinese Mimozethes species