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Male (Fig. 7). Forewing length: 7.0 mm–8.0 mm. Head - Ocelli present; proboscis normal; frons unmodified; labial palpi porrect, extending beyond clypeus. Thorax - Forewing. Medial area gray, unicolorous with basal area and postmedial areas; antemedial and postmedial lines jagged, darker gray. Hindwing. Postmedial line faint if present; outwardly tinged with bronze. Abdomen - Terga unicolorous with wings and thorax; scales arranged in two terminal black dorsal spots in males. Tympanal organs. (Fig. 27). As for ysticalis-themis group, vide supra. Male genitalia (Figs 52, 53) - Teguminal sulcus short, anterior margin of tegumen appears deeply invaginate, two oblong teguminal lobes joined obliquely; uncus trefoil shaped, outermost tip hastate; lateral edges of uncus swollen, appearing re-enforced; uncus with raised, pronounced medial ridge; juxta robust, V-shaped; valvae complex, intrasaccular flange at latero-ventral edge and sclerotized to form a trigger-shaped process; robust, spine-like setae at base of valva; saccular margin angled close to vinculum, not at saccular mid-point; ventro-marginal setae concentrated at saccular ulna; valva with secondary outer, oblong lobe or process below costa; fleshy setose lobe and recurved/decumbent setal plume associated with terminus of costa. Phallus moderately sclerotized; vesica with two large cornuti. Female genitalia (Fig. 54) - Very similar to Schacontia themis but posterior lobe of corpus bursae more pronounced, superficially rugose; both colliculum and sclerotized channel or sleeve of ductus more elongate than in Schacontia themis.
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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
Distribution
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Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic (essentially, vic. Gulf of Mexico).
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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
- author
- Paul Z. Goldstein
- author
- Mark A. Metz
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- M. Alma Solis