Brihaspa Moore, 1867

Chen, Fu-Qiang & Wu, Chun-Sheng, 2014, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 163-208 : 202

3.11 Brihaspa Moore, 1867 ( Figs 11 , 114 , 120 , 124 )

Brihaspa Moore, 1868 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 666; Hampson, 1896. Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, 4: 43.

Type species: Brihaspa atrostigmella Moore, 1868 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. The genus is distinguished from other genera by vein Sc and R 1 anastomosed but separated terminally, R 2 stalked with R 3+4 on forewing.

Description. Head with frons protruded; labial palpi porrect, covered with coarse scales; maxillary palpi slender, apex expanded; legs slender; female usually with anal tuft on the seventh abdominal segment.

Wings ( Fig. 11 ). Forewing broad, apex round; Sc and R 1 anastomosed long and separated terminally; R 2 and R 3+4 stalked; R 5 from upper angle of cell; M 1 from discocellulares, closed to R 5; M 2 and M 3 from lower angle of cell, separated basally; Cu 1 from nearby lower angle of cell; Cu 2 before lower angle of cell. Hindwing with Sc+R 1 and Rs long stalked; M 1 shortly stalked with Sc+R 1 and Rs; M 2 and M 3 from lower angle of cell, separated basally; Cu 1 from nearby lower angle of cell; Cu 2 before lower angle of cell.

Male genitalia. Uncus near triangular; gnathos semicircular; valva with a hooked transtilla; juxta U-shaped; coremata present; aedeagus slender.

Female genitalia. Anal papillae slender, with long setae; apophyses anterioris and posterioris slender; ostium bursae broad, membranous, wrinkled, with membranous plate; ductus bursae short and slender; corpus bursae round, membranous.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Remarks. The genus comprises seven species, including one species from China.

Figures

Figs 7–12. Venations. 7. Ramila. 8. Archischoenobius. 9. Acropentias. 10. Leechia. 11. Brihaspa. 12. Promacrochilo.

Figs 108–115. Adults. 108. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 109. A. nigrolepis. 110. A. nanlingensis. 111. A. minumus. 112. Acropentias aureus. 113. Leechia sinuosalis. 114. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 115. Promacrochilo ambiguellus.

Figs 116–121. Female genitalia. 116. Donacaula forficellus. 117. Archischoenobius pallidalis. 118. A. nigrolepis. 119. A. nanlingensis. 120. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 121. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. a. Sclerotized plate. Scale bars=1 mm.

Figs 122–125. Male genitalia. a. Aedeagus. b. Juxta. 122. Acropentias aureus. 123. Leechia sinuosalis. 124. Brihaspa atrostigmella sinensis. 125. Promacrochilo ambiguellus. Scale bars =1 mm.