DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14043272
title: TABLE 1 in Pararhigognostis-a new genus for Plutella stichocentra Meyrick, 1932 (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae), with a redescription of its male and female genitalia

description: TABLE 1. Summary of differences in characters between the genera Plutella, Plutelloptera, Eidopasia messingiella group, E. syenitella group, Rhigognostis and the new genus Pararhigognostis.
charactersPlutellaPlutellopteraE. messingiella -groupE. syenitella — groupRhigognostisPararhigognostiscourse of R1 vein in forevingreaches the costal margin withinreaches the costal margin beyond pterostigmareaches the costal margin within the pterostigma (Fig. 4A)pterostigmacourse veins of M1 and M3 in hindvingstalked M1 and M2free (Fig. 4B)malevalva shapeelongate with rounded apexbroad, square or trapezoid outlinebroad, obovateelongate, rectangular in outlineelongate, gently rounded apex constricted at 2/3 of its lenghtelongate, trapezoid (Fig. 6A)costal margin of valvagently curvedstraightslightly bentstraightwith a gently rounded, broad apex, constricted at 2/3 of its lengthstraight with a very small, hooked top halfway along (Fig. 6A)posterior margin of valvadistinctly elongatedgently roundedrounded, at the ventral margingently roundeddistinctly elongatedstraight with a small recess oneventral margin of valvastraightslightly convex at 2/3 of its lenghtstraightgently roundedstraight, with a distinct, sclerotized tooth-shaped appendage immediately (Fig. 6A)posterior/ costal apexovalroundedovalrounded (Fig. 6A)posterior/ventral apexroundedraised, rounded with a group of small thornsroundedovaltriangular (Fig. 6A)sacculusfololded with distinct spinesabsentdeeply folded basally, which two complicated arms which bear stout spineslong, club-shaped, margins conspicuously denticulateabsentlength of aedeagus as compare to valveshorterslightly longershortertwice as longshape of aedeagusstraightcurvedstraight (Fig. 5B)base of aedeagusbroadened with a pairbroadenedslightly dilatedexpanded on one sideunilaterally extendedslightly, dilated (Fig. 6C)of lateral hooksapex of aedeagusneedle shapednarrowedslightly widergently taperingsharpenedone-sided sharpened (Fig. 6B)aedeagussclerotizedweaklymembranoussclerotizedweakly sclerotizedsclerotized (Fig. 5B)sclerotizedcornuti with aedeagusabsentsingle long dentate, pointed spineabsenttegumen gnathos complexgnathal process surrounding of the anal tubenot isolatedsemi-ellipticalnot isolatedgnathal process surrounding of the anal tubenot isolatedsaccuslarge, long strongly sclerotizedlarge, shorter, strongly slerotizedwide, short and slightly curvedlong and narrowvery long, narrowlong (Fig. 5A)apodemaabsentpresentabsentfemaleapophyses posterioresthiny, shortthiny, longerthiny, shortthiny, very shortthiny, long (Fig. 7A)apophyses anterioresthiny, longthiny, shortthiny and curved in half its lengththinythiny, very shortthiny, long (Fig. 7A)length of a. posteriores as compare to a. anterioresshorterlongerslightly longerthis same lenghttwice as longlongerantrumcup like, thin, only slighty wider than ductus bursacup like, clearly wider than ductus bursaeelongated, sclerotizedcup-shaped, membranousinitially narrow, then strongly distended and roundnarrow and elongated, cup-shaped (Fig. 7B)ductus bursae below antrumsclerotizedmembranoussclerotizedonly short section sclerotizeddilated, markedly sclerotized (Fig. 7A)ductus bursaeshort, strongly sclerotized, very thinvery short, sclerotizedvery short, strengthened at the antrumnot very long, membranouslong, membranousmembranous (Fig. 7A)bursa copulatrixelongate, small,elongate, long,elongated, irregularsmall, oval,large, ovalsmall, roundstrengthenedd walls of bursa copulatrixmembranoussclerotised, very numerous spines, tiny and shortmembranous, with small teeth or strongly sclerotizedmembranous, with small teeth (Fig. 7A)signumabsentpresent or absentabsent
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description: Published as part of Baraniak, Edward & Agassiz, David, 2024, Pararhigognostis-a new genus for Plutella stichocentra Meyrick, 1932 (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae), with a redescription of its male and female genitalia, pp. 250-251 in Zootaxa 5536 (2) on page 250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14033544