Phragmataecia Newman, 1850

Phragmataecia Newman, 1850 View in CoL

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Zoologist 8, 2931. Type-species: Noctua arundinis Hübner, [1808] 1796, Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 4, pl. 83, figs 386, 387, by monotypy (of Macrogaster Duponchel, [1845] ). Type locality: Europe.

Note: N. arundinis is a junior subjective synonym of Phalaena castaneae Hübner, 1790 , Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge, 2 (1), 9. Phragmataecia was established as the objective replacement name for Macrogaster Duponchel, [1845] . See Fletcher & Nye (1982).

= Rhizona Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] 1850–1858, Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1(1), wrapper, pl. 35, fig. 169. Type-species: Rhizona pallens Herrich-Schaffer, [1854] , ibidem, by monotypy. Type locality: Guinea.

=? Phragmatoecioides Strand, 1915 , Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 80(A), 10, 103. Type-species: Phragmatoecioides pectinicornis Strand, 1915 , ibidem, by original designation. Type locality: Sudan: Bahr el Abiad.

=? Synatophleps Hering, 1923, Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 37, 15. Type species: Synatophleps pelostema Hering, 1923 , ibidem, by original designation. Type locality: Misahöhe [ Togo].

Diagnosis. The genus sometimes confused with Phragmacossia Schawerda, 1924 (Saldaitis et al. 2023), but differs by shorter uncus (in the most cases), narrower valva, shorter dorsolateral extensions of juxta, about twice narrower and longer phallus without dorsal sclerotized extension.