Nychiodes obscuraria (Villers, 1789)

Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Krogmann, Lars, Petrányi, Gergely & Rajaei, Hossein, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach, Zootaxa 4812 (1), pp. 1-61 : 9

The obscuraria species-group

The species of this group can be diagnosed by the following characters (after Müller et al. 2019): In male genitalia, costa of valva is sclerotized up to subapical part, humped medially; apex of ampulla superior covered with setae; ampulla inferior not setose, pointed; sacculus process pointed; tip of aedeagus with acute triangular extension. In female genitalia, ductus bursae long and membranous (same size or longer than corpus bursae); lamella postvaginalis laterally strongly extended, sclerotized.

The following species are included in this group: N. obscuraria ( Villers, 1789) , N. ragusaria Millière, 1884 , N. andalusiaria Millière, 1865 , N. notarioi Expósito, 2005 , N. mauretanica Wehrli, 1929 , N. hispanica Wehrli, 1929 .

Remarks. All species of this group, except N. mauretanica Wehrli, 1929 , have been revised previously (see Redondo et al. 2009; Müller et al. 2019). Therefore, we include here only N. mauretanica .