Tetracona | |
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Tetracona multispina | |
Scientific classification | |
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]