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SUBFAMILY
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Androlymnia Hampson Type species: emarginata Hampson. The facies is somewhat similar to that of some species of Dyrzela Walker, the forewings ashy to brownish grey with finely darker fasciae, the postmedial roundedly stepped around the discal area, slightly arcuate at the dorsum. The subapical dark mark seen on the costa of Dyrzela is relatively small, trapezoid, and joined by a more central triangular or falcate one. In the type species, the apex of the latter curves out towards the margin and is rounded. The male abdomen has a framed eighth sternite similar to that of Brevipecten captata Butler, but the tergite is more elongated. The tegumen of the genitalia is strongly shouldered on each side. The valves are narrow, tongue-like, with some slight modification in the saccular region including large setal scars on the ventral margin, but no significant process; there is a basal hair-pencil similar to that in Ramadasa Moore, described below. The aedeagus is relatively small, with a small distal sclerotisation. The female abdomen has the ostium at the anterior of the ventral break in the ring of the eighth segment as in other genera of the subfamily. The ostium and the ductus are very narrow, the latter elongate, broadening distally into a small corpus bursae with no signum. The biology of the type species is described below. The only species listed for the genus by Poole (1989), apart from those mentioned below, are two from Africa and one from Madagascar. Two species occur in Borneo. |
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