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Schacontia lachesis Solis & Goldstein

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(Figs 10, 11). Male. Forewing length: 5.0–7.5 mm. Head - Ocelli present; proboscis normal; frons of normal convex contour; labial palpi porrect, extending beyond clypeus. Thorax - Flattened hind tibial spur, specialized hind tibial scales, and epipleural setae present; female with two pair of hind tibial spurs (medial pair present); shallow concave metatarsal modification. Forewing. Prothoracic scaling tan gray, straw or yellowish. Forewing coloration equally variable, medial area polymorphic, exhibiting a range of contrast not known from other Schacontia, ranging from light to dark brown in both sexes, dusted with white; basal and postmedial areas straw colored; antemedial and postmedial lines jagged; orbicular spot faint but apparent; fringe scales darker at base; subterminal line unbroken. Hindwing. Postmedial line absent; fringe scales darker at base; subterminal line unbroken. Abdomen - Coremata on 4th abdominal segment (Fig. 35); scales arranged in two terminal black dorsal spots in males. Tympanal organs (Figs 30, 31). As for ysticalis-themis group, vide supra. Male genitalia (Figs 61, 62) - Teguminal sulcus short, such that anterior margin of tegumen appears deeply invaginate, two oblong teguminal lobes joined obliquely; lateral edges of uncus swollen, appearing reinforced; uncus trefoil-shaped tip reduced to a small, more or less rhomboid nipple; juxta U-shaped, tapered ventrally; valvae complex, intrasaccular flange transposed towards latero-ventral edge and sclerotized to form a trigger-shaped process; robust, spine-like setae at base of valva; saccular margin sharply angled at saccular mid-point; ventro-marginal setae distributed along length of outer margin of sacculus; valva with pronounced, elongate secondary outer lobe or process below costa; fleshy setose lobe and recurved/decumbent setal plume associated with terminus of costa; sharply hooked setal cluster prominent. Phallus moderately sclerotized; vesica with two large cornuti. Female genitalia (Fig. 63) - Papillae anales separate, unswollen; colliculum present, short, sclerotized, immediately posterior to corpus bursae, with narrow sclerotized band around center, sometimes separated from bursa by a sharp constriction; ductus bursae present, conspicuously sclerotized ventrally, entering corpus bursae dorsally; appendix bursae ventral, superficially complex; ductus seminalis attached at posterior end of ventral corpular out-pocketing.
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Paul Z. Goldstein, Mark A. Metz, M. Alma Solis
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Goldstein P, Metz M, Solis M (2013) Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) ZooKeys 291: 27–81
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Paul Z. Goldstein
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M. Alma Solis
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Central Brazil (Rondonia east to Bahia, Ceara and Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
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Paul Z. Goldstein, Mark A. Metz, M. Alma Solis
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Goldstein P, Metz M, Solis M (2013) Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) ZooKeys 291: 27–81
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Paul Z. Goldstein
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Mark A. Metz
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M. Alma Solis
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