Genus Mambarona Hering, 1931

Mambarona Hering, 1931: 685 .

Type species. Susica congrua Walker, 1862 (by original designation) (TL: Sarawak, Borneo) .

Distribution. India to the Philippines (Solovyev & Witt 2009), and Papua New Guinea.

Diagnosis. The genus Mambarona Hering, 1931 is defined by: i) the yellowish brown colour and an obliquely straight band and zig-zag submarginal fascia on the forewings, ii) male genitalia with bifid gnathos and iii) aedeagus sickle-shaped and apically acute. Members of this genus are sexually dimorphic, with females larger than males (Solovyev & Witt 2009).

Taxonomic notes. Holloway (1986) synonymized the genus Mambarona with Birthama Walker, 1862, but later, Solovyev & Witt (2009) resurrected the genus Mambarona including six species: M. congrua (Walker, 1862) (= Setora simplex Snellen, 1900, in Piepers & Snellen 1900: 64) (as type species), M. obliquifascia (Hampson, 1893) (= Miresa canescens Hampson, 1896) from Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (Hering 1931); M. timorensis Hering, 1931 from Suai, Portuguese Timor [East Timor] (Hering 1931); M. florensis Hering, 1931 from West Flores, [Indonesia] (Hering 1931); M. irrorata (West, 1932) from Philippines and Sulawesi (Holloway 1986) and M. pelochroa (West, 1932) from Mindanao [Philippines] (Holloway 1986).

Remark. Holloway (1986) reported M. obliquifascia from S[outh] India also, but it seems to be due to wrong interpretation.