Solitaneini Leraut, 1980

Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zootaxa 3136, pp. 1-44 : 27

Tribe Solitaneini Leraut, 1980

( Fig. 81 )

Leraut (1980) separated the tribe without giving a diagnosis. The genus Solitsnea Djakonov has some unusual for larentiines features: female bursa copulatrix with a ring of flat spines across the equatorial part: tegumen with a pair of tapering projections with unknown function; valva with all its parts well fused and chitinized, flat, without ornamentation.

It is noteworthy that flat signa occur in female bursa of the Erateinini too, but arranged into a longitudinal band. Sihvonen et al. (2011) included the Solitaneini in their tree but used Baptria Hübner as an example species; however, Baptria is just an as solitary genus in Larentiinae as Solitanea is.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Figures

FIGURES 78 – 83, Male genitalia of Cidariini and Solitaneini. 78, Male genitalia and aedeagus of Pennithera taigana (Djakonov) (Primorye); 79, male genitalia and aedeagus of Gandaritis pyraliata (Denis & Schiffermüller); 80, male genitalia and aedeagus of Cidaria fulvata (Forster); 81, male genitalia and aedeagus of Solitanea mariae (Stauder) (Italy); 82, male genitalia and aedeagus of Brabirodes cerevia Druce (Nicaragua); 83, male genitalia and aedeagus of Colostygia kitschelti (Rebel) (Switzerland).