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Saroba Walker
Type
species: pustulifera Walker,
India.
Like Sarobides,
the type species of Saroba has several unusual features. The wings have
extensive pale areas with darker reticulation both basally and postmedially as
illustrated. In the male abdomen the eighth sternite is shallower than in Sarobides
and
lacks lateral rods, but is otherwise similar. The genitalia show bilateral
symmetry, the valves having a rather spatulate process and a more ventral
slender bifid one enveloped by a broad valve apex that is corematous on the
costal side. The tegumen lacks lateral processes. The aedeagus is short, broad;
the vesica is highly convoluted. In the female the sterigma is moderately
complex, the ductus is short, and the corpus bursae has distinct neck and apical
bulb sections.
None of
the species following shares any unique features with the type. Specific
genitalia features are mentioned briefly under taxonomic notes for each. The
three species from ceylonica Walker
to ochreisparsa
Hampson
appear to be closely related.
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