A new species of the genus Tyrictaca Walker, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from West Malaysia with a catalogue of the genus
Author
Gorbunov, Oleg G.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-24
5104
1
125
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journal article
20473
10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.7
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Tyrictaca mesatma
(
Meyrick, 1926
)
“
Tinthia mesatma
,
n. sp.
” —
Meyrick 1926: 269
.
Type
locality: “
Bihar
, Pusa, ...” [=
India
:
Bihar
,
Samastipur district
,
Pusa
]
.
Holotype
♂
(
BMNH
).
Literature.
Gaede 1933: 798
(
Tinthia mesatma
);
Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 21
(
Tinthia mesatma
); Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 7 (
Ceratocorema mesatma
);
Kallies 2020: 11
, 12 (
Tyrictaca mesatma
);
Arita
et al
. 2021: 9
, 58, figs 27a–b (
Tinthia mesatma
); Pühringer &
Kallies 2021
(
Tyrictaca mesatma
).
Flight period.
Unknown.
Host plant.
Unknown. The
holotype
was collected when it was at rest on leaf of Pontiana (
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
(L.) Sw. (
Fabaceae
).
Distribution.
It is only known from the
type
locality in the state of
Bihar
in North-eastern
India
.
Remarks.
The female is unknown and the male genitalia have not yet been investigated.