Mamestra albirena (Moore, 1867) Benedek & Volynkin & Babics & Saldaitis, 2021

Benedek, Balázs, Volynkin, Anton V., Babics, János & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, Review of the subgenus Lophotyna Hampson of the genus Polymixis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae), with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar, Zootaxa 4999 (1), pp. 22-40 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7DA483B0-7F8B-48BF-A359-12DCD0BC9B9B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5089309

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C12C87CB-FF91-0E3E-FF52-D590FAABAC3D

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Plazi

scientific name

Mamestra albirena
status

 

The albirena species-group

Diagnosis. The species-group comprises the only species well different externally from other congeners by its dark chocolate brown colouration and quite indistinct transverse lines. The male genitalia of the species-group are characterized by the wide and symmetrical clavi, the short dorsal costal protrusion with a rounded tip, and the rounded tip of the cucullus. In the female genitalia, the antrum is short and having a straight ventral ostial margin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Mamestra

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