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Microxyla Sugi
Type
species: confusa Wileman,
Japan.
The
facies is similar to that of Chorsia perversa (see
above), but the male abdomen has a somewhat different eighth segment with an
elongate, paddle-like sclerotisation to the tergite and a more distinctly framed
and corematous sternite. The valve bases are separated, and the valve
ornamentation is distinctive, as discussed in the species account below. A
related species with more robust genitalia and a highly modified, spiny tegumen
occurs in the Philippines (slide 18421). Further study is needed to decide
whether these species should be kept separate in Microxyla or whether this genus should be combined with Chorsia.
The type
species feeds as a larva on Pueraria (Leguminosae)
in Japan (Miyata, 1983).
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