Comparative morphology and taxonomy of the tiger moth genus Epanycles Butler (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina), with notes on related genera Author Araujo, Elias C. Author Pinheiro, Lívia R. Author Duarte, Marcelo text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-04 4613 1 187 199 journal article 26605 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.12 a6972b49-772d-4c6a-a6fb-90d5fc982247 1175-5326 3238035 BDDA46AC-CF11-479E-9323-6613C5E1D3A6

TABLE 1. Comparison of male and female genitalia characters of the type species of Epanycles, Sciopsyche and Episcepsis.

	Characters	Ep. imperialis	S. tropica	Epi. venata
Male genitalia	Caecum	unilobed	bilobed	unilobed
Male genitalia	Vesica, cornuti	absent	absent	present
Male genitalia	Vesica, tiny sclerotizations on the latero-dorsal surface	present	absent	absent
Male genitalia	Saccus, symmetry	symmetrical	symmetrical	asymmetrical
Male genitalia	Saccus	poorly developed	very developed	poorly developed
Male genitalia	Tegumen, anterior margin, invagination	deep and rounded	deep and V-shaped	deep and V- shaped
Male genitalia	Tegumen, posterior margin, spiniform projections	present	absent	absent
Male genitalia	Tegumen, lateral posterior surface, setae	absent	absent	present
Male genitalia	Tegumen, lower end, format	rounded	sharp	sharp
Male genitalia	Base of uncus	with lateral setae distally	with lateral setae distally	entirely glabrous
Male genitalia	Lobe of uncus	subrectangular	sharpening in posterior region	somewhat cylindrical, digitiform
Male genitalia	Lobe of uncus, apex	straight	forked	sharp
Male genitalia	Scaphium	absent	present	absent
Male genitalia	Subscaphium	present	absent	absent
Male genitalia	Ampulla	developed	undeveloped	undeveloped
Male genitalia	Sacculus	inconspicuous	inconspicuous	conspicuous
Male genitalia	Cucullus and valvula	indistinct	indistinct	distinct
Female genitalia	Papillae anales, setae, position	densely concentrated on posterior region	densely concentrated on posterior region	densely concentrated on most of their surface
Female genitalia	Pseudopapillae anales	conspicuous	inconspicuous	conspicuous
Female genitalia Female genitalia Female genitalia	Posterior apophyses, length Antevaginal lamella, posterior margin Ductus bursae, sclerotization	shorter than anterior apophyses with two invaginations laterally absent	longer than anterior apophyses with a small medial invagination present	longer than anterior apophyses entirely sinuous present
Female genitalia	Corpus bursae, shape	round	almost rounded	corrugated
Female genitalia	Corpus bursae, signa	occupying almost entire surface	occupying almost entire surface	widely scattered