Argyresthia Hubner
- Dataset
- Review of the genus Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Argyresthiidae) from China, with descriptions of forty-three new species
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Yponomeutidae
- genus
- Argyresthia
description
Subgeneric characters. Forewing ratio 3.6 ̄ 5.5, R 1 usually originating before basal 2 / 5 of upper margin of cell, occasionally from middle of upper margin of cell (e. g., A. (A.) punctuata, sp. nov.), R 4 and R 5 usually separate, rarely stalked (e. g., A. (A.) cardiopetala, sp. nov.). Male genitalia with gnathos sometimes inflated distally, with several long, thick setae apically; valva with a clump or a row of long, thick setae in disc, occasionally densely covered with short setae (e. g., A. (A.) metallicolor Moriuti, 1969, A. (A.) ellipsoidea, sp. nov.); phallus with cornutus composed of a long spine and numerous micro-spines surrounding it. Female genitalia with basal plate of signum not rounded, usually bearing two horns, rarely lacking horn (e. g., A. (A.) retinella).