A new species of genus Trilocha Moore, [1860] from Great Nicobar Island, India (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Bombycidae)
Author
Singh, Navneet
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983
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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
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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-17
4970
3
586
592
journal article
6268
10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.10
43f9010f-17d7-41d4-9312-2c27532e927f
1175-5326
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40C20B9B-78B9-472D-94D8-CA8330ED1DA2
Trilocha varians varians
(
Walker, 1855
)
(
Figs 4–6
,
10–12, 16–17
)
Naprepa varians
Walker, 1855: 1153
Material examined.
India
:
1 ♂
,
Calcutta
[Kolkata], 26.10. [18]89,
leg.
J. Wood-Mason
(NZCZSI, 7431/H10)
;
1 ♂
,
Calcutta
[Kolkata],
leg
.
N. Annandale
(NZCZSI, 7432/H10)
;
1 ♂
,
Calc.
[Kolkata], 712/8, 31.1.[18]88, male found copulating with below female (NZCZSI, 7433/H10)
;
1 ♀
,
Calc.
[Kolkata], 713/8, 31.1.[18]88, female found copulating with above male (NZCZSI, 7434/H10)
;
1 ♂
,
Calc.
, [Kolkata], 21.1.[18]88, fed on
Buckool
tree, with rich green leaves,
Bombycid
moth reared from caterpillar (NZCZSI, 7435/H10)
;
1 ♂
,
Peradeniya
,
Ceylon
[
Sri Lanka
], [?].10.1910,
Green Collection
(NZCZSI, 7436/H10)
.
Remark:
Valva of the specimen from
Sri Lanka
is slightly broader than that of Indian population. Female genitalia of
T. varians
are illustrated for the first time.