A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions
Author
Mazumder, Arna
Author
Raha, Angshuman
Author
Sanyal, Abesh Kumar
Author
Gayen, Subrata
Author
Mallick, Kaushik
Author
Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Schintlmeister, Alexander
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-05
4748
1
119
140
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.6
a9a57287-a368-470c-b655-91442580d467
1175-5326
3697634
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Honveda nepalina
Nakamura, 1976
[
Fig. 5
(E–H)]
Honveda nepalina
Nakamura, 1976
;
27
: 39.
Honveda nepalina
;
Schintlmeister, 2013
;
11
: 220.
TL
: Ulleri [
Nepal
];
TD
: NSM
Material Examined
:
1 ♂
,
Uttarakhand
,
Uttarkashi dist.
,
Govind
WLS
,
CH
18,
1800 m
,
31.1319°N
;
78.0599°E
,
24. vii. 2012
, leg.
A.K. Sanyal
;
3 ♂♂
, ditto,
25. vii. 2012
.
Distribution
:
India
:
Uttarakhand
.
Elsewhere
:
Nepal
.
Diagnosis
: Forewing length
♂♂
24–25 mm
.
A prominent black streak in the postmedian area of forewing distinguishes
H. nepalina
from its congeners. Nevertheless, the best way to differentiate among the conspecifics is to study the male genitalic characters. In male genitalia of
H. nepalina
, socii has a slight bulge at tips; uncus is short and triangular; juxta process very short and bifurcated; valvae with digitate process at the ventral margin, sacculus slender, crescent-shaped and pointed; phallus zig-zag shaped with curved and pointed apex.
Note
: Till date, only
Honveda fasciata
(
Moore, 1879
)
was reported under this genus from
India
. This new record adds another species to this genus from
India
.