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Chloethripa Hampson
Type
species: chlorana
Hampson, Sikkim.
The forewing facies is typically a rather marbled olive green and brown, with
whitish fasciae and markings that are often rather crescent-shaped. The venation
lacks an areole and has the radial sector branching (R2 (R3, R4)). The hindwing
venation is quadrifid.
The male abdomen lacks tymbals, but the eighth tergite and sternite have long
basal processes, that of the former rather triangular, sometimes apically bifid,
and that of the latter consisting of two closely approximate, long, slender
apodemes. The genitalia are rather variable, but all have a zone of dense
setation (the setae often broad) near the apex of the valve on the costal side,
though this is least developed in the type species. The tegumen is very long
relative to the vinculum, and bears long setae with conspicuous bases, but it
does not overlap the vinculum. The setae are massive, long and sinuous in C.
leucocephala Prout.
In
the female genitalia (chlorana), the ovipositor lobes are
deep, short, rather than elongate or triangular as in typical Sarrothripini, so
placement in the tribe must be tentative and based more on the rather
sarrothripine forewing facies. The bursa is rather flimsy and irregular in
shape, without a signum.
The genus contains the type species and those described below.
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