Tiarra Ragonot, 1888
Tiarra pusillella Ragonot, 1888
Review of the tribe Anerastiini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from Ukraine
Bidzilya, Oleksiy
Budashkin, Yuriy
Yepishin, Viktor
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-03
4718
1
1
24
92C9F
Zeller, 1848
Zeller
1848
[238,532,1714,1741]
Insecta
Pyralidae
Hypsotropa
Animalia
Lepidoptera
2
3
Arthropoda
genus
= Tiarra Ragonot, 1888. typespecies: Tiarra pusillella Ragonot, 1888, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Hypsotropais characterized by a basally nearly parallel-sided valva with a much narrower distal half. A distinct spike-like process from ventral base of valva and short triangular process in the distal portion of valva characterize the unipunctella-group. In the female genitalia, the emargination on the posterior margin of sternum VIII is shallow, the colliculum is usually distinct and the corpus bursae is large, without a signum. Externally Hypsotropaspecies are rather broad-winged Anerastiiniwhich can be confused with some Ematheudesspecies, but the labial palpus are obliquely upturned far beyond the vertex of the head ( Hampson 1918: 67) ( Figs 3, 7a) whereas those of Ematheudesare downcurved ( Fig. 12).
Distribution.The great majority of species (21) is recorded from the Afrotropical region ( Hampson 1918; De Prins & De Prins 2019). The Palaearctic species are most diverse in the Mediterranean area ( Leraut 2014; Gastón et al. 2016). Several species are known from Oriental, Australian and Neotropical regions ( Nuss et al. 2003–2019). One species is reported from Ukraine.