A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) Author Singh, Navneet Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. Author Ahmad, Jalil 0000-0001-7719-864X Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7719 - 864 X jalilahmad23046@gmail.com Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com Author Solovyev, Alexey V. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Ulyanovsk, Russia). text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-11 4927 1 123 132 journal article 8129 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8 7a229f6a-0033-4a8b-9bd0-c1b288f9d8bf 1175-5326 4534030 5C71C163-2D78-46D8-88C3-281E05C87186 Thosea lutea Heylaerts, 1890 ( Figs 10 , 18 ) Thosea lutea Heylaerts, 1890: 28 . Material examined. India : 1 ♂, Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Great Nicobar Island , Laxmi nagar, 11.xi.2018 , leg . K.C. Gopi & party (NZCZSI, 7201/ H10) . Diagnosis. Thosea lutea is diagnosed by the absence of the postmedial line on the forewing. In the male genitalia, the saccular zone is very deep and the furca is sinuous, articulating with a subcostal flap. The uncus is oval in the basal half and digitate in the apical half. The tegumen is narrow, the gnathos is robust, thicker and longer compared to all its congeners. The aedeagus is slightly s-shaped and bulbous towards the proximal end. Distribution. Central and southern Vietnam , West Malaysia , Borneo, Indonesia , Sumatra , Bangka, Java ( Holloway et al . 1987 , Solovyev & Witt 2009 ) and India (Great Nicobar Island). Reporting of the species from Great Nicobar is its first record from India . Remarks. Thosea lutea sometimes becomes a serious pest of coconut and the larvae are mainly found on medium to tall palms ( Holloway et al . 1987 ). Considering the poor knowledge we have at present on the distribution of this species, and more generally of the moths in the family Limacodidae in the Great Nicobar Island, the discovery of this moth will play an important role in planning the pest control management of the island, where coconut is a major cash crop.