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 albovittata ( Moore, 1867 ) [ Fig. 11 , 37, 38 ] Euplexia albovittata Moore, 1867 , Proc. Zool. Soc. : 57. Euplexia albovittata Moore : Hampson, 1908 , Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. , 7 : 226. Phlogophora albovittata (Moore) : Holloway, 1989 , Malay. Nat. J., 42 (2–3): 57–225. Phlogophora albovittata (Moore) : Kononenko & Pinratana, 2013 , Moths of Thailand , 3 (2): 327. Type locality: Darjeeling [ India , West Bengal ] Material examined: India : 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , Sikkim , Dist. West Sikkim , Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve , Yuksom , 27.37864° N , 088.22087° E , 1879 m , 19. XI. 2019 ; 1 ♀ , 22. XI. 2019 ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 23. XI. 2019 ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Khoyngtey , 27.37947° N , 088.22678° E , 1950 m , 28. XI. 2019 ; 1 ♀ , Begha , 27.25722° N , 088.60463° E , 1596 m , 07. XII. 2019 ; 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , Dist. North Sikkim , Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve , Rabum , 27.65842° N , 088.60463° E , 2000 m , 13. XII. 2019 ; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team. 1 ♂ , West Bengal , Dist. Darjeeling , Singalila National Park , Sirikhola , 27.13034° N , 088.07441° E , 1914 m , 12. VIII. 2016 ; 2 ♂♂ , 17. X. 2018 ; 2 ♂♂ , 3 ♀♀ , Chitre , 26.99126° N , 088.11189° E , 2295 m , 15. V . 2018 ; 1 ♂ , Meghma , 27.03270° N , 088.08314° E , 2971 m , 19. V . 2018 ; 1 ♂ , 2 ♀♀ , Gairibas , 27.05090° N , 088.03360° E , 2494 m , 21. V . 2018 ; 2 ♀♀ , Molley Camp , 27.16998° N , 088.0202° E , 3510 m , 26. V . 2018 ; 1 ♂ , Kalpokhri , 27.07387° N , 088.01698° E , 3000 m , 24. V . 2018 ; coll. K. Bhattacharyya & team; 1 ♀ , Manebhanjan , 26.9877° N , 088.1194° E , 1975 m , 16. X. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , Manedara , 27.1147° N , 088.1° E , 2168 m , 27. X. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , 29. X. 2018 ; 2 ♂♂ , 30. X. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , 31. X. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , 04. XI. 2018 ; 1 ♀ , 07. XI. 2018 ; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team; 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , Palamajua , 27.07071° N , 088.09071° E , 1909 m , 03. XI. 2018 ; 1 ♂ , Khopidara , 27.00525° N , 088.1189° E , 2054 m , 06. XI. 2018 ; coll. K. Bhattacharyya & team. 1 ♂ , Arunachal Pradesh , Dist. Dibang Valley , Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve , Malini Camp , 28.68275° N , 095.15980° E , 1870 m , 28. X. 2017 ; 1 ♂ , 29. X. 2017 ; 1 ♂ , Mipi , 28.96387° N , 095.80807° E , 1552 m , 31. X. 2017 ; coll. N. Singh ; 1 ♂ , Brango , 28.93824° N , 095.81697° E , 1467 m , 09. IV. 2018 ; coll. R . Ranjan . Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male: 38–40 mm , female: 34–36 mm . The species has distinct white tipped palpi, ciliated antenna with white basal tufts and completely blackish-brown thorax. It is characterized by typical silverywhite forewing with chocolate-brown suffusion; basal area irregularly black-brown; a broad antemedial irregular white band dentate inwardly below cell; medial band broad, chocolate-brown; orbicular blackish and reniform white. The species is almost similar to Bornean P. nigroplumbea (Warren, 1912) which differs from it by having a continuous dark grey forewing costa extended up to the distal edge of reniform, whereas in albovittata , the area is broken above reniform with the extension of white colour of the reniform, leaving only a few dark speckling. Male genitalia: The male genitalia of the species is characterized by spindle shaped valva with relatively short but strong harpe and less sclerotised digitus; the aedeagus vesica is characterized by one circular ridge of upwardly directed spines. The notable difference with nigroplumbea can be observed in the scobinated patch of vesica being present in opposite direction ( Holloway 1989 ). Distribution: India : Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand , Sikkim , West Bengal , Arunachal Pradesh , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Tamil Nadu ( Moore 1867 ; Cotes & Swinhoe 1888 ; Hampson 1894 ; Kirti et al. 2014 ). Global: Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Japan, Korea ( Cotes & Swinhoe 1888 ; Leech 1900 ; Dudgeon 1905 ; Hampson 1908 ; Roepke 1948 ; Lin 1993 ; Kononenko & Pinratana 2013 ). Bionomics: Most widely distributed among all the Indian Phlogophora , ranging throughout the Himalayas (except Trans-Himalaya), North-Eastern Hills and Western Ghats, in wide habitat types ranging from Evergreen, Temperate and Coniferous forests. In Himalaya, the species is recorded in the altitudinal zone of 1450–3500 m , receiving annual precipitation of 1300–2700 mm and annual mean temperature of 8–16 ºC. The species was recorded in all three major seasons of the year with maximum abundance in October–November. NCBI GenBank accession No.: MT219962 , MT219963 , MT219964 , MT219967 , MT219969