Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species Author Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran 0000-0002-8038-2517 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & uttaran 25 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8038 - 2517 uttaran25@gmail.com Author Dey, Rushati 0000-0002-8025-4443 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & rushati 94 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8025 - 4443 rushati94@gmail.com Author Bhattacharyya, Kamalika 0000-0002-9518-3449 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & kamalika 589 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9518 - 3449 kamalika589@gmail.com Author Mallick, Kaushik 0000-0001-7376-2776 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & kaushik 11. cc @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7376 - 2776 kaushik11.cc@gmail.com Author Mazumder, Arna 0000-0002-3361-977X Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & arna 318 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3361 - 977 X arna318@gmail.com Author Gayen, Subrata 0000-0002-0200-5361 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & gayensubrata 89 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0200 - 5361 gayensubrata89@gmail.com Author Das, Moumita 0000-0003-2459-4926 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & moumitadas 994 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2459 - 4926 moumitadas994@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 Sanyal, Abesh Kumar 0000-0001-5948-3180 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & abeshsanyal @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5948 - 3180 abeshsanyal@gmail.com Author Kumar, Vikas 0000-0002-0215-0120 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & vikaszsi 77 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0215 - 0120 vikaszsi77@gmail.com Author Uniyal, Virendra Prasad 0000-0001-5757-6383 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & uniyalvp @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5757 - 6383 uniyalvp@wii.gov.in Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-20 5004 2 311 342 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.4 1175-5326 5756730 DBC66538-7A75-404B-9BDF-9E4EA5D2EDEF Phlogophora nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 [ Fig. 3 , 23, 24 ] Phlogophora nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 , in Haruta, Tinea , 15 : 259. Type locality: Nangethanti , Annapurna Himal [ Nepal ] . Material examined: India : 1 ♀ , Sikkim , Dist. West Sikkim , Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve , Yuksom , 27.37864° N , 088.22087° E , 1879 m , 23. XI. 2019 ; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team . 1 ♂ , West Bengal , Dist. Darjeeling , Singalila National Park , Manedara , 27.1147° N , 088.1000° E , 2168 m , 19. X. 2018 ; 1 ♀ , 27. X. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , 29. X. 2018 ; coll.A. K. Sanyal & team; 2 ♀♀ , Palamajua , 27.07071° N , 088.09071° E , 1909 m , 03. XI. 2018 ; coll. K. Bhattacharyya & team. Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male: 38–40 mm , female: 40–42 mm . P. nobilis differs from P. costalis and P. humilis in having the typical purplish brown head and thorax, and pinkish costal stripe of the forewing. Moreover, brownish-olive green ground colour of forewing and less sinuous and interrupted submarginal pale line are also diagnostic features. Male genitalia: Male genitalia of this species is very unique with elongated valva having a constriction below cucullus. Sacculus broad with heavily sclerotised claw-like process, the outer part of which is bifid and the inner part is short, inwardly bent. The clasper of the harpe is relatively less sclerotised, apically long and thumb-like; aedeagus vesica long without any scobination or cornuti. Distribution: India : Sikkim , West Bengal . Global: Nepal (Hreblay & Ronkay 1998). Note: The species is being reported for the first time from India . Bionomics: Probably a very rare and range-restricted species known only from Central Himalaya, recorded in an altitudinal zone of 1900–2500 m , preferably in Wet Temperate and Mixed Coniferous Forest. Individuals were active during post-monsoon months of October–November within a very narrow annual mean temperature and annual precipitation range of 14–15 ºC and 2300–2500 mm respectively. NCBI GenBank accession No.: MT219970