Photo Galleries: Three Dimensional Lepidoptera Genitalia
Photo Gallery: Noctuidae: Erebinae
Male genitalia images for dissection
voucher specimen 2016HLK:2367 of Pericyma atrifusa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae:
Erebinae)
Version 2016.1 by Hugo Kons Jr.
Genitalia were dissected and images taken by Hugo L. Kons Jr. with the GT Vision imaging system at the former American Entomological Institute. All structures are the natural three dimensional shape (not slide mounted) except for the juxta/anellus and abdominal cuticle (temporarily slide mounted for imaging).
Adult
Capsule
(ventral with hairs and scales)
Capsule
(ventral)
Capsule
(dorsal)
Capsule
(lateral)
Valvae (inner)
Valvae (outer)
Juxta & Anellus
(ventral, flattened on slide)
Uncus & Tegumen
(lateral)
Phallus
Vesica (with hood above)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on bottom)
Vesica (with hood below)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on top)
Ductus Ejaculatorius
Rectum
and Intestine
Abdominal
Cuticle (excluding terminal segment)
Abdomen
terminal segment (tergite on left, sternite on right)
