Tetracona
| Tetracona | |
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| Tetracona multispina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Agroterini |
| Genus: | Tetracona Meyrick, 1884[1] |
Tetracona is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 with Aediodes amathealis Walker, 1859 as type species.[2]: 307
The genus was long treated as a synonym of Agrotera, but a recent taxonomic revision of Agrotera resulted in the re-instatement of Tetracona.[3]
The genus is placed in the tribe Agroterini based on the structure of the uncus, featuring a broad base and simple chaetae on the uncus head, a well-developed medial process of the gnathos, the rectangular, elongate valvae with parallel costal and ventral margins, and the notably elongate saccus (at least in T. amathealis).[4]
The genus with its three species is known from Australia, New Guinea and China.[5][6]
The caterpillars of Tetracona amathealis are recorded from Eucalyptus tereticornis in the Myrtaceae.[5]
Species[edit]
- Tetracona amathealis (Walker, 1859)
- Tetracona multispina Jie & Li in Jie et al. 2020[6]
- Tetracona pictalis Warren, 1896
References[edit]
- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1884: 61–80, 277–350.
- ^ Chen, Kai; Horak, Marianne; Du, Xicui; Zhang, Dandan (2017). "Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4362 (2): 213–224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2. PMID 29245425.
- ^ Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.
- ^ a b "Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ a b Jie, Lu-Lan; Yang, Jing-Bo; Li, Wei-Chun (2020). "First record of the genus Tetracona Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China, with description of a new species". ZooKeys (941): 101–105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.941.49559. PMC 7311512. PMID 32595410.