Pseudocaissa, Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Wu, Jun & Han, Hui-Lin, 2025, Taxonomic review of the genus Pseudocaissa Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), with description of a new species from Prov. Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5588 (3), pp. 494-500 : 499

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.3.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6AA64E63-D8D4-4E20-8966-6BCEA3585EAE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14917886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687FC-7567-0167-BDF8-A6C3FBAAE5B8

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pseudocaissa
status

 

Key to the species of Pseudocaissa View in CoL based on male genitalia

1. The valva is rounded and widened distally, densely covered with long hairs; the sacculus process is small......... P. apiata View in CoL

- The valva is not distinctly broadened distally, covered with short hairs; the sacculus process is relatively larger........... 2

2. The juxta is broad, the upper margin without distinct lateral processes and lacking micro-spines; the phallus is stout, with one long, curved, strongly sclerotized sclerite and a spiny, large cornutus in the vesica......................... P. marvelosa View in CoL

- The juxta is oval-shaped, the upper margin with a pair of distinct lateral processes densely covered with micro-spines; the phallus is slender, with only one long, slightly curved, weakly sclerotized sclerite and no cornutus in the vesica..... P. yutua

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Limacodidae

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