Review of the Prabhasa Moore, 1878 genus-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) Author Dubatolov, Vladimir V. Author Volynkin, Anton V. Author Kishida, Yasunori text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-11 4407 3 383 400 journal article 30294 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.6 d6a4aaf4-4045-4302-8220-413a7eca4f99 1175-5326 1216616 3FF82287-8A03-4FE6-803D-EC8C2A370B6D Prabhasa venosa Moore, 1878 ( Figs. 1–3 , 24 , 36 ) Prabhasa venosa Moore, 1878 ; Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London , 1878 : 26, pl. 2, fig. 16 (Type locality: [NE India, N of West Bengal, Darjeeling] “Darjiling”). Prabhasa venosa : Hampson 1894 : 76 . Ilema venosa : Hampson 1900 : 138 , 140. Eilema venosa : Strand 1922 : 592 . Lithosia venosa : Draudt 1914: 206 , fig. 14i. Type material examined. Syntypes : 1 ♂ ( Fig. 1 ), handwritten label "Darjiling ♂ " / printed label "Moore Coll. 94- 106" / handwritten label " Prabhasa venosa ♂ ( type ) Moore" / printed round whitish label with a red circle " Type " (Coll. NHMUK ); 4 ♂ , 1 ♀ , handwritten label "Darjiling" / printed label "Moore Coll. 94-106" (Coll. NHMUK ); 1 ♀ ( Fig. 2 ), handwritten label "Darjiling ♀ " / printed label "Ind. Mus. 79.64" / printed label " venosa Mre " / printed round whitish label with a yellow circle " Paratype ", slide AV1884f Volynkin (Coll. ZFMK ). Other material examined. 1 ♀ , Sikkim , Møller, 1888 (Coll. NHMUK ) ; 1 ♀ , Sikkim , VII.1909 , F. Moller ( Coll. NHMUK ) ; 1 ♂ , Assam , Cherrapunji , Oct. 1915 , Nat. Coll. ( Coll. NHMUK ) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, Khasis, Nat. Coll., slide BMNH Arct-4557 (Coll. NHMUK); 2 ♂ , Khasis , Nat. Coll. , VI–VII.1894 ( Coll. NHMUK ) ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Assam (Coll. NHMUK ) . Description. Male ( Figs. 1, 3 ). Forewing length 12.5–13.5 mm . Wing upper side pale yellowish brown. Forewings with darker brown Veins; an indistinct brown transVerse postdiscal band is bent outward beyond the cell; male with a grayish-brown plumose tuft oVerlapping and eXtending half of the cell ( Moore 1878 ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 24 ). Uncus bifid in apical half. Cucullus apeX finger-like, medially broadened, curVed Ventrally; basal parts of ValVes Ventral margins split; distal saccular process finger-like, but twice narrower than cucullus. Vesica membranous, consists of long, narrow and apically pointed diVerticulum haVing two small subdiVerticula at base, ductus and Vesica ejaculatorius situated subbasally. Female ( Fig. 2 ). Forewing length 15–15.5 mm . Wing upperside light brown with reddish tint; all markings as in male. Female genitalia ( Fig. 36 ). OVipositor short and broad; apophyses long and thin, apophyses anteriores slightly longer and thinner than apophyses posteriores; ductus bursae weakly sclerotized, dorso-Ventrally flattened, its anterior section membranous; corpus bursae egg-like, membranous, with a large round signum posteriorly. Distribution. SE Himalayas. All records from other regions are probably mistaken.