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What is a juxta?

What is a juxta? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.
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The main synapomorphic characters for both the genera are reduced juxta and transtilla forming an arch above aedeagus.
The shape of the juxta in males is very characteristic, and the ornamentation of the aedengus vesica is also diagnostic.
Juxta elongate, longer than tegumen, slightly dilated distally, triangularly acute at latero-apical corners.

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