A review of the Barsine phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911) species-group, with descriptions of four new species from Indochina and India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) Author Volynkin, Anton V. Altai State University, Lenina Av. 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia; E-mails: volynkin _ a @ mail. ru, barsine @ yahoo. com & National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Av., 36, RF- 634050, Tomsk, Russia & Corresponding author Author Černý, Karel Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail: natura. cerny @ aon. at text Ecologica Montenegrina 2019 2019-05-13 21 70 79 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2019.21.8 journal article 10.37828/em.2019.21.8 2336-9744 13356247 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9EDC7325-43C5-4A1E-8206-BA29D12B70F9 Barsine mophi Volynkin & Černý , sp. nov. ( Figs 11, 12 , 20 ) Type material. Holotype ( Figs 11 , 20 ): male, “Lao- NE [NE Laos ], Hua Phan [ Houaphanh ] prov., 20°12.328‟ N 104°00.621 ‟E, Phu Phan Mt., 17.V.–3.VI.2007 , ~ 1750m , Vít Kubáň leg.”, slide AV2777 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM ). Paratypes : 2 males , SE [N] Laos , Pak Gaeng Noi , Louang Prabang [ Luang Prabang ], 1200m , 19°27.364‟ N 102°25.19 ‟E, 26–27. V .2013, leg. T . Ihle (Coll. CKC ) . Diagnosis . Forewing length is 10–10.5 mm in males (wingspan 20.5–21 mm ). Barsine mophi and its closest relative B. arrigera differ from three other species of the group by their dash-shaped discal spot of forewing (that is dot- or comma-shaped in other species), asymmetrical distal saccular processes and the absence of a carinal plate of aedeagus. Barsine mophi ( Figs 11, 12 ) has no external differences from B. arrigera ( Figs 13– 16 ) and can be distinguished by the genitalia structures only. In the male genitalia, B. mophi ( Fig. 20 ) differs from B. arrigera ( Figs 21–24 ) by its slightly longer left distal saccular process with a smaller thorn-like tip and the presence of the bunch of spinules on the medial ventral diverticulum. Figures 21–24. Barsine arrigera : male genitalia. 21, holotype, N Thailand, slide ZSM Arct. 10/2017 Volynkin; 22, paratype, N Thailand, slide AV2778 Volynkin; 23, paratype, N Thailand, slide AV2779 Volynkin; 24, paratype, C Myanmar, slide MWM 33581 Volynkin. The female is unknown. Distribution . North Laos ( Houaphanh and Luang Prabang provinces). Etymology . “Mophi” are locally trained Lao shamans, specialists in the rituals and in communication with their personal spirits and gods.