On the taxonomy of genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) with description of two new species and two new species records from India
Author
Ranjan, Rahul
0000-0003-4983-0403
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India. & Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India. & rranjan 720 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4983 - 0403
rranjan720@gmail.com
Author
Singh, Navneet
0000-0002-6657-7983
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India. & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983
nsgill007@gmail.com
Author
Kirti, Jagbir Singh
0000-0002-9670-5931
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9670 - 5931
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-15
5165
3
415
424
journal article
99298
10.11646/zootaxa.5165.3.6
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1175-5326
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Termioptycha conjuncta
(
Warren, 1896: 454
)
(
Parasarama
)
(Figs. 5, 6, 12, 14)
Type
locality:
Khasias
[
India
]
.
Material examined
. North East
India
,
MIZORAM
,
Hrangchalkawn
,
1 ♂
,
02.x.2013
(8933/H10), Mamit,
1 ♀
,
09.ix.2016
(8934/H10)
;
SIKKIM
,
Deorali
,
1 ♂
,
18.ix.2014
(8935/H10),
R
.
Ranjan
leg.
Diagnosis:
Morphologically,
T. conjuncta
can be diagnosed from its congeners by the forewing having well defined white spots on a dark greenish ground colour (in most of the other
Termioptycha
, the maculation of central area of the forewing is in form of an irregular Y shaped mark which may be whitish or densely scaled with black).
T. conjuncta
is further diagnosed by the specific shape of labial palp in males. In male genitalia, juxta is concaved anteriorly with V shaped cavity, and U shaped posteriorly, each side of lateral margin having a long clavate process with sparse setae apically and in female genitalia corpus bursae having a pair of almost equally sized rounded signa.
Distribution:
Indian records:
Meghalaya
, Khasias [Khasi Hills] (
Warren 1896
),
India
(
Rong
et al
. 2017
),
Mizoram
,
Sikkim
(present study). Global records:
China
,
Taiwan
, Borneo (
Rong
et al
. 2017
).