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 humilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 [ Fig. 5 , 27, 28 ] Phlogophora humilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 , in Haruta, Tinea , 15 : 259. Type locality: Lal Kharka , Taplejung area [ 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 ; 3 ♂♂ , 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: 36–40 mm , female: 38–40 mm . Almost similar to P. costalis and very difficult to separate from outer morphology. Head, thorax and forewing darker olive-green. The hind wing is much whitish compared to costalis and have a prominent submarginal dark band lacking the postmedial line before it. Male genitalia: In P. humilis , the male genitalia differ widely from costalis having a much longer and narrower sickle-shaped valva with an acute and curved apex. Shorter, basally inflated harpe and elongated ampulla not crossing the saccular margin are typical to the species. Aedeagus vesica long, with a subterminal scobinated patch. Distribution: India : Sikkim , West Bengal (Hreblay & Ronkay 1998). Global: Nepal (Hreblay & Ronkay 1998). Bionomics: Distribution restricted to Central Himalaya, preferably within an altitudinal range of 1900–2500 m , with an annual mean temperature and annual precipitation range of 9–14 ºC and 2300–2500 mm respectively. The species was mainly recorded in wet Temperate and mixed Coniferous forests in the postmonsoon months of October and November.