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after submission of thesis of the first author and is at present at
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<emphasis id="11F51633197BE10CFF30DBC8FEBBFC66" bold="true" box="[199,334,902,928]" pageId="2" pageNumber="234">Etymology.</emphasis>
The adult female in most bagworm species is characterized by rudimentary appendages and eyes and no wings. But in this species both male and female are winged, have well developed eyes, legs, and antennae. Therefore; the male and female adult moths are almost twin like. The word Thomas means twin in aramic. The institution “St. Thomas College” in which the major part of the research was carried out is named for St. Thomas. Hence the species name “
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” alludes to the similar appearance of males and females and is also a homage to the institution.
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Description.
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), wingspan
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.
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♂ Holotype of
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currently at STC, Thrissur India
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. Vertex roughly covered with pale golden-brown hairs. Eyes large, inter ocular index, EI
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.Antenna short, filiform,
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long, and 25 segments (
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). Segments sparsely ciliated, especially ventrally, dorsally with a fan-shaped process of dark brown scales, angle about 35° (according to
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).
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. Densely covered with long brown scales. Forewing (
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) narrow and lanceolate, costa straight and termen tapering at apex. Discoidal cell is half the length of the forewing. Median stem of dc complete but faded from middle to apex dc. Dc bordered externally with transverse veins (not open, as in most
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species
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). Venation: forewing with nine veins, seven veins from the dc. Sc straight and ended up in the middle length of costa. R1 from dc is parallel to the vein Sc but originating different length from the base. R2+3 and R4+5 run parallelly and end up on the costal margin at different lengths. M1 and R4+5 originate apically from dc reaching to apex. Veins R4+5 and M1 are not stalked at base but originate from the same point on the apex of dc. Veins M2+3, CuA1 and CuA2 are short and parallel to each other.
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<emphasis id="11F51633197AE10DFF60DCFBFEE6FB0B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1205,1229]" pageId="3" pageNumber="235">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Antennae a. male, b. female, drawing T. Sobczyk
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a. Female forewing, b. hindwing, drawing T. Sobczyk
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Hindwing (
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) is narrow and small, costa straight and vein Sc+R1 run adjacent to costa. Vein Rs and M1 are stalked and terminating to apex and termen respectively. M1 and M2+M3 run parallelly to termen. CuA1 and CuA2 are stalked and short. Anal veins are very short and almost invisible on the wings. Forewings thickly covered with broad, mostly 56 pointed scales (
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). Ground colour of the upper side of the forewing is greyish white marked with blackish brown spots. Anterior margin without clear dark spots. An indistinct oblique band of dark scales from one-fourth of the anterior margin to half of the posterior margin.Another band from half anterior margin to half posterior margin. A third band slightly distal to it. A most conspicuous feature is a broad band of dark scales at three-quarters wing length. Distal to this, isolated dark scales towards the apex and outer margin. Fringes whitish, narrow, unicoloured, usually 3-pointed distally (
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).
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<emphasis id="11F51633197DE10AFF60DF68FEE6F8F8" bold="true" box="[151,275,1830,1854]" pageId="4" pageNumber="236">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Forewing a. scales b. fringes, drawing T. Sobczyk
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Hindwing ground colour silver white without any spots and markings, covered with white greyish coloured scales. Scales narrower as fore wing, more rounded distally, few indentations. Outer margin with long whitish fringes. Forelegs (
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) ventrally with long hairbrush along with the length of tibia, hind legs are very long,
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in length, covered with long whitish hairs on tibia and shorter hairlike scales on tarsal segments.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11F51633197CE10BFF60DB15FEE6FCB5" bold="true" box="[151,275,859,883]" pageId="5" pageNumber="237">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
♂ Foreleg
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. Abdomen long, thickly covered with blackish brown scales.
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<emphasis id="11F51633197CE10BFF30DB8BFEC4FC19" box="[199,305,965,991]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="237">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
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long, Tegumen arched anteriorly and concave Valva elongate and symmetrical, presence of hairs anteriorly. Vinculum V shaped and saccus very long and pointed at apex. Saccus two-thirds the length of the genitalia. Phallus very long and straight tube-like structure, with pointed tip, length
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.
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<emphasis id="11F51633197CE10BFF60DEA7FEE6F8C7" bold="true" box="[151,275,1769,1793]" pageId="5" pageNumber="237">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
♂ Male genital, drawing T. Sobczyk
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(
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long, stout and larger than males; wingspan
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including fringes, sizes of the wings of female and male are same, forewing length including fringes
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. Vertex is covered with thick pale golden coloured hairlike scales, antennae (
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♀ Paratype of
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currently at STC Thrissur India
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). Pupal cases of both the sexes light brown coloured. Length of a male pupal case
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(
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long, head dark brown, thoracal segments pale brown, more strongly sclerotized, without clearly separated darker fields. Abdomen pale yellow. Thoracic legs are well developed and blackish brown. Anal prolegs are very short.
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<emphasis id="11F51633197FE108FF30DDCEFEBEFA5C" box="[199,331,1408,1434]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="238">Larval case</emphasis>
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, it is wrapped with a sheath made up of silk, sand, soil particles, snail shells, algae, and insect debris. All the cases were found attached to the underside of the rocks with a small thread (
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larval cases are smaller than females and it have
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total length and
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width at middle, female larval cases are
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long and
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<emphasis id="11F51633197FE108FF30DE7AFECDF988" bold="true" box="[199,312,1588,1614]" pageId="6" pageNumber="238">Location.</emphasis>
The pupal cases were collected from Koviloor (
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and
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),
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,
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,
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.
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is a mixed culture village, situated in Vattavada Panchayat. It is 43.5 kms from
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on the road to
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(
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at the place of collection was
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(
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) ASL. Koviloor is surrounded by different hill peaks such as Pattitaichchi mala (2497 mASL), Kaladankanava mettu (2457 mASL), Pullardi shola reserved forest, Jhanda mala (2522 mASL) and Vattavada (2153 mASL).The soil
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of the region is described as
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mixed ustic pale humults and rock land (very deep, well drained, clayey soil on moderately steeply sloping high hills with thin vegetation, with moderate erosion, associated with rock outcrops)
</emphasis>
in
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Soil Maps of
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(1996)
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the winter temperature ranges from 5 °C to 20 °C and in summer 12 °C to 18 °C, in monsoon season, maximum daily temperature is very low and highest temperature recorded is 19 °
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rainfall according to
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for
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of
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(1984) is
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west
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and other rains
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<emphasis id="11F51633197EE109FF60DD46FEE6FAE6" bold="true" box="[151,275,1288,1312]" pageId="7" pageNumber="239">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Pupal exuvia a. female b. male
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<emphasis id="11F51633197EE109FF60DF86FEE6F826" bold="true" box="[151,275,1992,2016]" pageId="7" pageNumber="239">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Larva
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<emphasis id="11F516331971E106FF60DE3FFED5F94F" bold="true" box="[151,288,1649,1673]" pageId="8" pageNumber="240">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Larval case a. male, b. female
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<emphasis id="11F516331971E106FF30DEF6FED2F914" bold="true" box="[199,295,1720,1746]" pageId="8" pageNumber="240">Biology.</emphasis>
The larval cases were collected from underside of rocks. Active larvae were observed scrapping the surface of the rocks and it is assumed that the larvae fed on the algae and mosses on the rocks following previous reports (Saigusa and Sugimoto 2013;
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,
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Roh
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2018
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). Bits of algae and mosses were retrieved from the larval cases. Adult emergence was noted at night.
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moths are active flyers after emergence, they are active during day and night, whereas females moved less and stay on the case and its vicinity after emergence. It is assumed that the larger size and weight of their abdomen is a restraint to flight. Distinguishing the moths and cases from the surroundings are difficult due to it colour and positioning of cases, a characteristic suitable to evade from predators. The duration of pupation was 1518 days. Life span of females was one week, whereas male adults lived up to 34 days.
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FF60DC4DFEEBFBDD" bold="true" box="[151,286,1027,1051]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Larval habitat
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FF30DC07FDD2FBA5" bold="true" box="[199,551,1097,1123]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">DNA barcode and phylogeny.</emphasis>
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COI sequencing of the species was done and the sequence has 687 base pairs. The sequence was uploaded in the
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and 90.83% with
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FEAADCF8FDDFFB09" box="[349,554,1205,1231]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Eumasia muscella</emphasis>
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(
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) from
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.
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<paragraph id="233ECA211970E107FF30DC97FDFCF9F1" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,1952]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
The evolutionary relationship is depicted in the tree with the highest log likelihood (-2328.62) (
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). A hypothetical taxonomic unit of
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FE00DCB0FDACFAD1" box="[503,601,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Eumasia</emphasis>
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ancestor split into two branches.
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FC27DCB0FBBAFAD1" box="[976,1103,1277,1303]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FBA0DCB3FB45FAD1" bold="true" box="[1111,1200,1277,1303]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
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</emphasis>
shows affinity to the branch having
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FEC8DD6CFE36FAFD" box="[319,451,1313,1339]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muscella">
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FEC8DD6CFE36FAFD" box="[319,451,1313,1339]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. muscella</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FE0CDD6CFD33FAFD" box="[507,710,1313,1339]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. viridilichenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but seems to have evolved earlier into an independent taxon.
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FA73DD6CFED0FA99" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. parietariella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs to the other branch.
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separates
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FC10DD08FBBCFA99" box="[999,1097,1350,1375]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Eumasia</emphasis>
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into an eastern and a western group based on morphological characteristics (e.g., epiphysis on the front leg tibia, length of saccus in relation to total length of male genitalia, lobes at tegumen on male genitalia). The eastern species show an epiphysis that is absent in the western species. According to this,
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FD44DDFCFCC7FA0D" box="[691,818,1457,1483]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. thomasii</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
would belong more to the western group (with
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FF60DD98FEC6FA29" box="[151,307,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. communita</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FE9BDD98FDEFFA29" box="[364,538,1493,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. parietariella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), in contrast to
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FD39DD98FCA7FA29" box="[718,850,1493,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. muscella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FC7DDD98FBA0FA29" box="[906,1109,1493,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. viridilichenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The pronounced saccus and lobular processes of the tegumen, on the other hand, correspond to the eastern group. It seems that this division into regional groups is not consistent.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6B9B99AA1970E102FF30DE0FFB0AFE33" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="244" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="233ECA211970E107FF30DE0FFCB8F965" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,1952]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FF30DE0FFEB7F99D" bold="true" box="[199,322,1601,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FEBEDE0CFDE6F99D" authority="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose, 2022" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[329,531,1601,1627]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FEBEDE0CFDE6F99D" box="[329,531,1601,1627]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Eumasia thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FDEBDE0FFD82F99D" bold="true" box="[540,631,1601,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481970E107FDEBDE0FFD82F99D" box="[540,631,1601,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FCF9DE0CFC67F99D" box="[782,914,1601,1627]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. muscella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FC56DE0FFB22F99A" author="Saigusa, T. &amp; Sugimoto, M." box="[929,1239,1601,1628]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="12 - 23" refId="ref5301" refString="Saigusa, T. &amp; Sugimoto, M. (2005) Taxonomic study on Japanese species of the genus Eumasia, hitherto unknown from Japan (Lepidoptera, Psychidae). Tinea, 18 (3), 12 - 23." type="journal article" year="2005">Saigusa &amp; Sugimoto, 2005</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FB14DE0FFA60F99D" author="Roh, S. J. &amp; Lee, B. - W. &amp; Byun, B. K." box="[1251,1429,1601,1627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="49 - 64" refId="ref5240" refString="Roh, S. J., Lee, B. - W. &amp; Byun, B. K. (2018). Two new species of the genus Dahlica Enderlein (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Korea. ZooKeys, 733, 49 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 730.20793" type="journal article" year="2018">
Roh
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FAEDDE0CFAA6F99D" box="[1306,1363,1601,1627]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">et al.</emphasis>
2018
</bibRefCitation>
) from
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and
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by forewing venation -, the veins R4+5 and M1, M2+3 and CuA1 are stalked in
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FA73DE28FEF4F965" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FA73DE28FF08F965" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muscella">E. muscella</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
whereas no veins are stalked in
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FD9ADEC4FD19F965" authority="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose, 2022" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[621,748,1673,1699]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FD9ADEC4FD19F965" box="[621,748,1673,1699]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FD04DEC7FCB8F965" bold="true" box="[755,845,1673,1699]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481970E107FD04DEC7FCB8F965" box="[755,845,1673,1699]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="233ECA211970E107FF30DEE3FDC6F859" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,1952]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
With regards to the difference between
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FD6FDEE0FCFAF901" box="[664,783,1709,1735]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">E. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other
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<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FC66DEE0FC06F901" box="[913,1011,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">Eumasia</emphasis>
,
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</taxonomicName>
writes: “
<emphasis id="11F516331970E107FA85DEE3FA65F891" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="241">
The species
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FF06DE9CFDC0F92D" authority="(Walker, 1863)" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1863" box="[241,565,1745,1771]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvulella">
E. parvulella (
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FE60DE9FFDD9F92D" author="Walker, F." box="[407,556,1745,1771]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="287 - 561" refId="ref5682" refString="Walker, F. (1863) Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 28, 287 - 561." type="journal article" year="1863">Walker, 1863</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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E. arenatella (
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FCE1DE9FFC5EF92D" author="Walker, F." box="[790,939,1745,1771]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="837 - 1096" refId="ref5713" refString="Walker, F. (1864) Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 30, 837 - 1096." type="journal article" year="1864">Walker, 1864</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
described from Southeast Asia are larger; the latter has 8 (or 6 veins from the dc),
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FD96DEB8FC73F8C9" authority="(Meyrick, 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Meyrick" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[609,902,1781,1807]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="testata">
E. testata (
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FD2BDEBBFC8BF8C9" author="Meyrick, E." box="[732,894,1781,1807]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="104 - 131" refId="ref5085" refString="Meyrick, E. (1911) Description of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 21, 104 - 131." type="journal article" year="1911">Meyrick, 1911</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
is also larger [as
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21970E107FBA1DEB8FB39F8C9" box="[1110,1228,1781,1807]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ziegleri">E. ziegleri</taxonomicName>
], has whitish hind wings and flies March to April;
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E. crypsiphila
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FD6CDF57FCC9F8F5" author="Meyrick, E." box="[667,828,1817,1843]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="257 - 288" refId="ref5111" refString="Meyrick, E. (1919) s. n. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2 (9), 257 - 288." type="journal article" year="1919">Meyrick, 1919</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
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has a similar habit but flies as early as January and
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E. exoria
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01970E107FE62DF73FDC3F891" author="Meyrick, E." box="[405,566,1853,1879]" pageId="9" pageNumber="241" pagination="257 - 288" refId="ref5111" refString="Meyrick, E. (1919) s. n. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2 (9), 257 - 288." type="journal article" year="1919">Meyrick, 1919</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Pusa, Bengal in northern
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has white-grey hind wings and is larger.
</emphasis>
” For all these species, the original descriptions say little, they are often based on individual specimens and do not allow statements about the variation.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11F516331973E104FF60DFD9FED5F869" bold="true" box="[151,288,1943,1967]" pageId="10" pageNumber="242">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Map of type locality
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FF60DE8DFED5F91D" bold="true" box="[151,288,1731,1755]" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Phylogenetic tree of
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Only two species are reported from
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:
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FD5FDF4BFCE5F8D8" box="[680,784,1797,1822]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. exoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FCB0DF4BFC14F8D8" box="[839,993,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FCB0DF4BFC28F8D8" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[839,989,1796,1822]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arenatella">E. arenatella</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
For
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FBE0DF4BFB5CF8D8" box="[1047,1193,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. arenatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the first record from
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at Kurseong, E. Himalayas,
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, in the month of September was added by
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with no further information on specimen numbers or appearance: The original description by Walker gives a wingspan of
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for the female of
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FE96DF3FFE01F84C" box="[353,500,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. arenatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is thus significantly larger than
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FC7FDF3FFBFCF84C" box="[904,1033,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FBE4DF3EFB9BF84C" bold="true" box="[1043,1134,1904,1930]" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">
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</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FB80DF3FFAFFF84C" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[1143,1290,1904,1930]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arenatella">
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FB80DF3FFAFFF84C" box="[1143,1290,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. arenatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has only six veins from the forewing dc (
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) but in
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FCEEDFDBFC6DF868" authority="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose, 2022" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[793,920,1940,1966]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FCEEDFDBFC6DF868" box="[793,920,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FC68DFDAFC0CF868" bold="true" box="[927,1017,1940,1966]" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481972E105FC68DFDAFC0CF868" box="[927,1017,1940,1966]" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
there are seven. The flight time of
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<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FA73DFDBFEFCF814" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. arenatella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is reported as in March, April, and September. Flight was observed in
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FBCFDFF7FB4CF814" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[1080,1209,1976,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii">
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FBCFDFF7FB4CF814" box="[1080,1209,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
during January and July.
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FF25DF93FECFF830" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1919" box="[210,314,2013,2038]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exoria">
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FF25DF93FECFF830" box="[210,314,2013,2038]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. exoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, known from the
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male is more similar to
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21972E105FC8FDF93FC0EF830" box="[888,1019,2012,2038]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomassi">
<emphasis id="11F516331972E105FC8FDF93FC0EF830" box="[888,1019,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="243">E. thomassi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The wingspan is slightly larger than that of
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<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FF1ED8D9FE9CFF77" box="[233,361,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FE85D8D9FE39FF77" bold="true" box="[370,460,151,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481975E102FE85D8D9FE39FF77" box="[370,460,151,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<quantity id="E47967C41975E102FE2AD8D9FDD5FF77" box="[477,544,151,177]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" unit="mm" value="9.0">9 mm</quantity>
vs. 8.0
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).
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21975E102FD1FD8D9FCA5FF76" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1919" box="[744,848,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exoria">
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FD1FD8D9FCA5FF76" box="[744,848,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. exoria</emphasis>
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flies later (September). The species is clearly paler. Head and thorax are ochreous-whitish (
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<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FDA3D8F5FD26FF13" box="[596,723,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FD2BD8F5FCC3FF13" bold="true" box="[732,822,187,213]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481975E102FD2BD8F5FCC3FF13" box="[732,822,187,213]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
: head golden-brown, thorax brown). The forewings of
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<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FF60D891FF0BFF3E" box="[151,254,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. exoria</emphasis>
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are clearly paler and the markings stand out prominently: “
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FC6ED891FC25FE86" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">markings dark fuscous; five roundish spots on costa, two in the disc at middle and ¾ (representing stigmata), and several small elongate marks on posterior part of dorsum and termen. Cilia whitish, basal half barred dark fuscous irroration</emphasis>
.” (
<bibRefCitation id="4710B7D01975E102FC06D969FB67FE87" author="Meyrick, E." box="[1009,1170,295,321]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" pagination="257 - 288" refId="ref5111" refString="Meyrick, E. (1919) s. n. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 2 (9), 257 - 288." type="journal article" year="1919">Meyrick 1919</bibRefCitation>
). From the middle of the posterior edge, a line sharply defined on the inside runs parallel to the outer edge towards the apex. The bright field between dc and apex of the forewings is striking (in
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21975E102FD27D921FCB8FE4F" authority="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose, 2022" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[720,845,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FD27D921FCB8FE4F" box="[720,845,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FCA4D921FC5FFE4F" bold="true" box="[851,938,367,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481975E102FCA4D921FC5FFE4F" box="[851,938,367,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
with dark brown scales, hardly lightened).At 1/3 of the forewing,
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21975E102FE8ED9DDFE02FE6B" authority="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose, 2022" authorityName="Unnikrishnan &amp; Sobczyk &amp; Jose &amp; Jose" authorityYear="2022" box="[377,503,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thomasii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FE8ED9DDFE02FE6B" box="[377,503,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FE09D9DDFDA2FE6B" bold="true" box="[510,599,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481975E102FE09D9DDFDA2FE6B" box="[510,599,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
a slanting, dark band of scales from anterior to posterior edge. In
<taxonomicName id="E481B1A21975E102FAC7D9DDFA63FE6A" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1919" box="[1328,1430,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Psychidae" genus="Eumasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exoria">
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FAC7D9DDFA63FE6A" box="[1328,1430,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. exoria</emphasis>
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, the basal half of the wing is clearly brighter and almost without markings. An overview of the Asian species (
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) summarizes the differences of these species from
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<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FD4AD995FCCEFE33" box="[701,827,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">E. thomasii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="11F516331975E102FCB5D995FC6EFE33" bold="true" box="[834,923,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0AC6AB481975E102FCB5D995FC6EFE33" box="[834,923,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
based on available information.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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