Neoboenasa, Laguerre, 2024

Laguerre, Michel, 2024, Description of three new species and a new genus of Lithosiini from Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Faunitaxys 12 (37), pp. 1-9 : 6

Description of the genus Neoboenasa gen. n.

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Type species: Neoboenasa rawlinsi sp. n. by present designation.

Diagnosis. – Small and dull colored species, characterized in males by the nearly completely upturned hindwings. Except the hindwings, the sexual dimorphism is slight.

Description. – Larger species (FWL around 19-20 mm) with drab colors. The forewings are largely darker than the hindwings which exhibit in males a characteristic folding similar to males in the genus Boenasa . The genitalia are largely asymmetrical with the left valva exhibiting a strong, long and undulated costa almost reaching the tip of uncus. The two valvae are clearly curved inwards with pointed extremities. Aedeagus straight, cylindrical with a short caecum penis and a vesica bearing a terminal bunch of cornuti.