FIGURES 1–3 in The assignment of Prodidactidae to Hyblaeoidea, with remarks on Thyridoidea (Lepidoptera)

FIGURES 1–3. Hind coxae of denuded males of Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick) and Hyblaea puera (Cramer). Fig. 1: Hind coxa of P. mystica showing coxal processes (a). Photo courtesy of Marc Epstein and John W. Brown. The coxal processes on the P. mystica specimen photographed by Epstein and Brown (2003) are asymmetrical. We were unable to check whether this asymmetry is a general trait of the coxal processes of the species or a deformation of the individual examined. Unfortunately, the only male specimen of P. mystica we obtained for our examinations had only one of the two coxae intact, thus leaving the question about asymmetry unanswered. Fig. 2: Hind leg of a male H. puera treated in KOH solution showing large coxal process/sac (a); tibial hair-pencil (b); and enlargement of tibia (c). Fig. 3: Hind leg of a male H. puera, showing the inception point of the coxal process (a), and the tibial hair pencil (b).