Melanastera umbripennis Serbina & Malenovský & Queiroz & Burckhardt 2025
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The umbripennis -group Description. Adult. Vertex (Fig. 10C–F) trapezoidal, covered with microscopical setae. Thorax weakly to moderately arched, with microscopical setae. Forewing (Fig. 16F–J) conspicuously lighter proximal to nodal line, with irregularly spaced brown dots, oviform, widest in the middle, broadly, evenly rounded apically; wing apex situated in cell r 2 close to apex of M 1+2; C+Sc almost straight, weakly curved subapically; pterostigma distinctly expanding towards the middle or apical third, in the middle narrower than ajacent part of cell r 1; R 1 irregularly curved, strongest in apical third; M longer than M 1+2 and M 3+4; Cu 1a weakly or moderately convex, ending at or distal of M fork; cell cu 1 long and relatively wide. Ventral process of the distal aedeagal segment present, relatively broad, curved ventrad (Fig. 26O, P, U, V) or relatively narrow, straight, oriented obliquely apicad (Fig. 27C, D, I, J). Immature. Antenna 10-segmented. Comments. The group includes four species in Brazil. Hosts are known for three of them and belong to Annonaceae.
Authors: Serbina, Liliya Š., Malenovský, Igor, Queiroz, Dalva L., Burckhardt, Daniel
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W6911778190
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