A review of the genus Plutodes Guenée (Geometridae: Ennominae) from India with description of one new species Author Singh, Manpreet 0000-0001-7538-3147 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala- 147002, Punjab, India & manpreet 500777 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7538 - 3147 manpreet500777@gmail.com Author Raha, Angshuman 0000-0001-6992-7056 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & adroitangshuman @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6992 - 7056 adroitangshuman@gmail.com Author Mallick, Kaushik 0000-0001-7376-2776 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & kaushik 11. cc @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7376 - 2776 kaushik11.cc@gmail.com Author Kirti, Jagbir Singh 0000-0002-9670-5931 Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala- 147002, Punjab, India & prjagbir 2005 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9670 - 5931 prjagbir2005@gmail.com Author Singh, Navneet 0000-0002-6657-7983 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983 nsgill007@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-03 5323 4 499 523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.4.3 1175-5326 8212358 0001D6C5-9616-44A3-98F4-CE4CCA0F2826 Plutodes discigera Butler, 1880: 223 ( Figs 20–21 , 48–49 ) TL: India Material examined: India , Mizoram , Aizawl dist,: 1 Ô, Lengpui , 15.ix.2012 , leg. A. Saxena (13676/H10, NZCZSI) . West Bengal , Darjeeling dist. : 1 Ô, Chatakpur , 19.ix.2018 , leg. R . Lenka & party (13677/H10, NZCZSI) . Diagnosis: Forewing length: Ô 14 mm . Plutodes discigera is a member of the ‘ P. cyclaria species- group’ and is most closely allied to P. cyclaria and P. philornis . In P. discigera , all the patches on both the wings look similar to those in P. cyclaria , except that the distal patch on the hindwing is distinctly smaller and well separated from the basal area. In P. philornis , all the wing patches are smaller than those in P. discigera , exposing more of the yellow ground colour of the wings. Also, the rufous line traversing the distal patch on the forewing has a single angle in P. philornis (indicating the body of a flying bird) which is irregular, devoid of any distinct angle in P. discigera . In the latter, the male genitalia are strikingly similar to those of P. cyclaria , except that the saccular spines are more robust in P. discigera . However, the arrangement of spines and scobination on the pickaxe-shaped aedeagus vesica being very similar in both species. FIGURES 18–23. Habitus of Plutodes spp. 18 – 19, P. pseudocyclaria , male, Munnar; 20 – 21, P. discigera , male, Chatakpur; 22 – 23, P. transmutata , male, Bir. Ventral sides: 19, 21, 23. Distribution: India : Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim , West Bengal ( Cotes & Swinhoe 1887 , Joshi et al. 2021 ). Global: Papua New Guinea ( Meyrick 1889 , surely a misidentification). Remarks: Hampson (1895) and Swinhoe (1900) treated P. discigera and P. flavescens as a single species. Prout (1929) treated an Indonesian species, P. argentilauta Prout, 1929 ( Holloway 1982: 252 ), as a subspecies of P . discigera . Both treatments are definitely wrong as we know at present. Our study provides the male genitalia illustration of this species for the first time, unfortunately partly damaged. However, important characters are visible. According to D. Sţning (pers. comm.) the apex of valva is evenly rounded and the uncus moderately spatulate and truncate distally.