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Singara Walker
Type
species: diversalis Walker,
Bangladesh.
The type
species is large orange and brown, with facies described below and resembling
that of a much larger Sarobides inconclusa Walker. The labial palps have the third
segment tufted with scales in the male but smooth in the female. The male eighth
sternite has prominent scent pencils. The valves of the male genitalia are
somewhat as in Attonda, but the processes and shape of the apex show marked
bilateral asymmetry. There is a paratergal sclerite between the tegumen and the
vinculum. The female genitalia are typical of the group, the corpus bursae an
elongate pyriform with a central signum consisting of a short, longitudinal
scobinate band.
The
genus consists of the type species and two New Guinean species: ochreoplagata
Bethune-Baker
and ochreostrigata Bethune-Baker. Four Madagascan species
have been described in the genus by Viette (Poole, 1989). Thermosara Hampson, also from New Guinea, has somewhat similar
facies, but the valves of the male genitalia are more robust, with reduced
processes and a less sharp transition between the basal and distal parts.
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