taxonID	type	description	language	source
6ED531DEBF0956B8952C7E5BB9386CB9.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Japanese name: nettai-kurosuji-ki-nomeiga)	en	Matsui, Yuki, Wachi, Nakatada, Yoshiyasu, Yutaka (2025): Discovery of Dichocrocis frenatalis Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) in mangrove environments of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and tribal placement of the genus. ZooKeys 1243: 143-158, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.155924
6ED531DEBF0956B8952C7E5BB9386CB9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to Conogethes pandamalis but can be distinguished by the continuous postmedial line straight from costa to CuA 2 in the forewing (in C. pandamalis it is interrupted and protruded between M 2 and CuA 2), and the narrow and black terminal line in both wings (in C. pandamalis the terminal line is lacking). Several undescribed species that are possibly congeneric have been found in Borneo [cf. Dichocrocis sp. 1 – 9 of Whitaker et al. (2023)] and on the Andaman Islands (B. Sumit Kumar Rao pers. comm.), but D. frenatalis can be distinguished from these species based on the aforementioned characters. Dichocrocis sp. 15 and 16 of Whitaker et al. (2023) most resemble D. frenatalis, but they are best distinguished by broad terminal lines on both wings (in D. frenatalis they are very narrow).	en	Matsui, Yuki, Wachi, Nakatada, Yoshiyasu, Yutaka (2025): Discovery of Dichocrocis frenatalis Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) in mangrove environments of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and tribal placement of the genus. ZooKeys 1243: 143-158, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.155924
6ED531DEBF0956B8952C7E5BB9386CB9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Nicobar Islands) (Lederer 1863), Indonesia (Sumatra Island) (Mally et al. 2019), Hong Kong (Whitaker et al. 2023), Japan (Okinawa, Ishigaki, and Iriomote Islands) (this study).	en	Matsui, Yuki, Wachi, Nakatada, Yoshiyasu, Yutaka (2025): Discovery of Dichocrocis frenatalis Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) in mangrove environments of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and tribal placement of the genus. ZooKeys 1243: 143-158, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.155924
