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Tetraschalis Meyrick, 1887
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: PterophorinaeTribe: Tetraschalini
Genus:
Tetraschalis Meyrick, 1887
Usage:
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Reference:
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Synonyms: 1
SUMMARY
Original description
Tetraschalis, n. g.
Forehead without tuft. Antennae minutely ciliated (1/4). Palpi moderately long, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint long, filiform. Tibiae tufted with scales on origin of spurs. Fore wings bifid, cleft from middle; veins 2 and 4 stalked, 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 froni below angle of cell, long, 9, 10, and 11 out of 8. Hind wings trifid, third segment with tuft of black scales in dorsal cilia ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 to apex.
Allied to Oxyptilus, but distinguished by having vein 11 of the fore wings rising out of the stalk of 8, 9, and 10.