Bessacta rigida Swinhoe

Baniana rigida Swinhoe, 1895, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 15: 11.

Bessacta columnaris Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 52.

Anoba rigida Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 34.

Diagnosis

See Besssacta pectinata Hampson. The male antennae are fasciculate.

Taxonomic note

1. Erygia apicalis was paired with Erebus ephesperis in the analyses of Zahiri et al. (2011, in preparation), but this pairing was not strongly supported. Nevertheless, it represents a hypothesis of relationship, therefore the genus is transferred to Erebini from the first miscellaneous sequence of Parts 15 & 16. Genital morphology and facies features do not appear to offer further synapomorphies.
2. The two species placed in Anoba in Parts 15 & 16, pectinata Hampson and rigida Swinhoe, were stated to belong to the Bessacta Warren group of species. Therefore Bessacta is revived, Gen. rev., and the two species combined with it, combs. n. The genus is defined on forewing facies and presence of a long, rod-like dorsal process to the uncus of the male genitalia as discussed in Parts 15 & 16.

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