Maikona Matsumura 1928
- Dataset
- Discovery of the genus Maikona Matsumura, 1928 (Noctuidae: Agaristinae) from India with the description of a new species
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- genus
- Maikona
diagnosis
Diagnosis. The moths of the genus Maikona Matsumura, 1928 exhibit male genitalia that are very similar to those of the genus Alloasteropetes Kishida & Machijima, 1994, but they differ significantly in their wing patterns. Maikona moths follow the typical trifid noctuid moth pattern, with orbicular and reniform stigmata and distinct antemedial and postmedial transverse lines (Owada et al. 2003 a). Adult Maikona moths are notable for their very hairy bodies, a prominent crest on the first abdominal segment, and blackish body and wing coloration (Owada et al. 2003 b). In the male genitalia of Maikona, the ventral projection of the valva is connected to a sclerotized plate that originates from a basal sclerotized part of the costa. In contrast, in Alloasteropetes, a sclerotized plate from the costa is present, but the ventral projection of the valva is absent (Owada et al. 2003 b).
type_taxon
Type species: Maikona jezoensis Matsumura, 1928. Insecta Matsumurana 2 (3): 126, by original designation.