Malgassothisa, HERBULOT, 1966

Scoble, Malcolm J. & Krüger, Martin, 2002, A review of the genera of Macariini with a revised classification of the tribe (Geometridae: Ennominae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (3), pp. 257-315 : 305

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scientific name	Malgassothisa
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MALGASSOTHISA HERBULOT View in CoL

(Figs 55, 204, 205)

Malgassothisa Herbulot, 1966 View in CoL . Type species: Malgassothisa trifida Herbulot, 1966 View in CoL . Madagascar.

Description

Head. Antenna of male bipectinate. Chaetosemata not extended.

Wings (Fig. 55). Orange.

Male genitalia (Fig. 204). Uncus: horns present. Gnathos absent. Valva divided into sacculus and costa and a further lobe.

Pregenital abdomen of male. Sternum A8 of male not modified.

Female genitalia (Fig. 205). Anal papillae rounded. Antrum absent. Signum small.

Diagnosis. M. trifida is a distinctive moth with orange wings. The form of the valva is trilobed, but differs from that in Hypephra.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Comments. A trilobed valva occurs also in Hypephyra , but the affinities of Malgassothisa are not established (for further details see Herbulot, 1966 and Krüger, 2001).

Number of species. One.