title: Review of subgenus Daphaenisca Kiriakoff, 1953 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: <br />Arctiinae: Synthomini: Thyretina), with identification keys, and description of three new species.
abstract: We reviewed the subgenus Daphaenisca Kiriakoff, 1953 created for the single species Pseudapiconoma daphaena Hampson, 1898, in order to separate it from the other species included in the genus Pseudapiconoma Aurivillius, 1881. However, Kiriakoff's diagnosis was entirely based on the differences in the shape of the uncus among the subgenera Daphaenisca, Pseudapiconoma and Balacra Hampson, 1914. This study provides new, more accurate descriptions of the group, taking into account the differential characters and possible synapomorphies within the subgenus Daphaenisca. Our findings are supported by three new species recently discovered in Gabon and Ghana, belonging to the subgenus Daphaenisca: Balacra (Daphaenisca) inexpectata sp. n.; Balacra (Daphaenisca) magnoloi sp. n.; Balacra (Daphaenisca) flava sp. n.
authors.affiliation: Museo di Storia naturale del Salento, S.P. Calimera-Borgagne, Km 1. 73021 Calimera. Italy.; Email: antonio.durante@msns.it.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.affiliation: Museo di Storia naturale del Salento, S.P. Calimera-Borgagne, Km 1. 73021 Calimera. Italy.; Email: zangrillimariapaola@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria Paola
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Zangrilli
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon; D005869:Ghana; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size