Subfamily Desmobathrinae Meyrick, 1886

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• Desmobathrinae Meyrick, 1886.

  Type genus:

   Ozola Walker, 1861.
• Mecoceratini (Mecoceridae) Guenée, 1858 [emendation; Mecoceratini Guenée, 1858 (Mecoceridae), emended by Hulst (1896) by reasons of grammar, basing on Mecoceras. The latter generic name being an objective synonym of Ametris.].
• Ametridini (Ametridicae) Prout, 1910 [Ametridini Prout, 1910 (Ametridicae), junior synonym (synonymy to be confirmed - Forum Herbulot, accessed 12 Aug 2020).].

Introduction

The concepts of Desmobathrinae and Oenochrominae were reviewed using a holistic approach by Murillo-Ramos et al. (2019). In this research the monophyly of Desmobathrinae was well-supported with the transfer of Zanclopteryx Herrich Schaffer, (1855) Nearcha, Guest 1887and Racasta Walker, 1861 from Oenochrominae s. l.. The revised subfamily now consists of two main lineages, all placed in the Desmobathrini, consisting of firstly Ozola Walker, 1861, Derambila Walker, 1863 and Zanclopteryx, sister to a well-supported clade comprising Conolophia Warren, 1894, Noreia Walker, 1861, Leptoctenopsis Warren, 1897, Racasta, Ophiogramma Hübner, 1831, Pycnoneura Warren, 1894 and Dolichoneura Warren, 1894. This group needs more work as more Australian taxa, particularly in the Oencochrominae s. l. may belong to the Desmobathrinae.


The subfamily is based on Desmobathra (junior synonym of Ozola). see Holloway (1996: 152, 159).

Diagnosis

Tegumen with lateral loops, extending beyond the articulation with vinculum; male 3rd sternite with pair of longitudinally elongated patches; male 8th sternite often with finely corrugate zone laterally; often complex structures at the junction of male 3rd and 4th sternites; delicate moths with elongated appendices (Holloway, 1996); forewing with 1 areole or areole absent (our observation); hindwing veins Sc + R1 and Rs parallel for long-distance or separate and connected with short cross-vein (our observation); male with apophyses arising from membrane between 2nd and 3rd sternites (our observation); pupa cremaster with four hooked shaftlets (Holloway, 1996).

See Murillo-Ramos et al. 2021 for a detailed discussion.

Diagnosis References

Holloway, J.D. 1996. The Moths of Borneo : family Geometridae, subfamilies : Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae, Geometrinae, Orthostixinae. Malayan Nature Journal 49: 147-326 [https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/index.htm] [179]

Murillo-Ramos, L., Friedrich, E., Williams, S., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P. 2021. A morphological appraisal of the new subfamily Epidesmiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with an overview of all geometrid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlaa189 [Date published 10 March 2021]

General References

Holloway, J.D. 1996. The Moths of Borneo : family Geometridae, subfamilies : Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae, Geometrinae, Orthostixinae. Malayan Nature Journal 49: 147-326 [https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/index.htm] [152, 159]

Murillo-Ramos L, Brehm G, Sihvonen P, Hausmann A, Holm S, Reza Ghanavi H, Õunap E, Truuverk A, Staude H, Friedrich E, Tammaru T, Wahlberg N. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ [Date published 27 August 2019]

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