Key to the species of the genus Tineovertex

1. Vertex and pronotum covered with black scales.......................................................................................... 2

- Vertex and pronotum covered with white or ochreous-yellow scales ......................................................... 4

2. Mesonotum and tegula entirely black; female genitalia with a pair of large sword-shaped signa T. gladiata

- Mesonotum and tegula black, partly with white-yellow scales; female genitalia with a pair of signa indis- tinct or absent............................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Mesonotum and tegula with a pale yellow posterior margin; female genitalia with a pair of slender and indistinct signa ..................................................................................................................... T. melanochrysa

- Mesonotum and tegula with posterior half yellowish white; female genitalia without signum ... T. sartoria

4. Tegula with white scales ............................................................................................................ T. antidroma

- Tegula with black scales .............................................................................................................................. 5

5. Tegula narrowly black; hindwing and cilia dark grey ................................................................ T. canicoma

- Tegula entirely dark fuscous; hindwing and cilia whitish grey ................................................... T. melliflua