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).
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-11
4927
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10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8
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Parasa julikatis
Solovyev & Witt, 2009
(
Figs 8, 9
,
17
)
Parasa julikatis
Solovyev & Witt, 2009: 113
.
Type material examined.
Holotype
: ♂,
Vietnam
(N),
Mts
Fan-si-pan, N-side,
Chapa
(
22º17’N
,
103º44’E
,
1600 m
,
20–30.XI.1995
),
leg
.
Sinjaev
& loc. (MWM)
.
Paratypes
: 6 ♂ listed by
Solovyev & Witt (2009)
.
Other material examined.
India
: 1 ♂,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Upper Siang
,
02.iv.2017
,
leg.
B. Saikia
&
Party
(NZCZSI, 7020/ H10)
.
Diagnosis.
Morphologically,
P. julikatis
and
P. shirakii
Kawada, 1930
look very similar and can be confused with each other. However, the former is recognizable by the broader marginal brown border of the forewing which also shows a stronger invagination in its lower third. In male genitalia, the uncus is robust, broader at base with distal region shorter, the valva is simple and aedeagus is strongly curved at basal half. Moreover,
P. shirakii
is so far known only from
Taiwan
.
Distribution.
Vietnam
,
China
(
Shaanxi
,
Sichuan
,
Guangdong
,
Guangxi
,
Hubei
,
Hunan
,
Jiangxi
,
Hainan
), northern
Thailand
(
Solovyev 2014
) and
India
(
Arunachal Pradesh
). This is the first record from
India
.