A new species of Toccolosida, a Pyralinae from the Western Ghats, India (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) and the revised status of Lixa as a synonym
Author
Singh, Navneet
Author
Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9670 - 5931
Author
Ranjan, Rahul
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India.
Author
Chandra, Kailash
https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-15
4816
1
101
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.6
1175-5326
3954146
683D10C6-5614-4590-BB94-C8838ADD00C5
Toccolosida productalis
(
Walker, 1866
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figures 5
,
9–10
)
Lixa productalis
Walker, 1866
,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London.
Part 34: 1254.
Redescription:
Forewing length
13 mm
. Adults reddish purple, speckled with black scales. Forewing with costa dull creamish; a medial fuscous line, slightly sinuous; a postmedial fuscous line, oblique from subapical region of costa to postmedial area of inner margin. Hindwing with inner area fiery orange; an antemedial and a postmedial line from below costa to inner margin. Male genitalia with uncus broad tongue shape; gnathos broadest at middle, slightly hooked at tip; tegumen broad, shouldered; valvae tongue shaped, narrower, slightly curved, fibula with tip pointed; saccus u shape; vesica with a narrow cornutus.
Remarks:
Morphologically,
Lixa productalis
, the
type
species of
Lixa
, (
Figs 5
,
9–10
), is generically similar to
T. rubriceps
,
type
species of
Toccolosida
(
Figs 3
,
11–13
). These two species have no significant difference that can support their placement in different genera. Therefore,
Lixa
Walker, 1866
is synonymised with
Toccolosida
, and its
type
species is newly combined as
Toccolosida productalis
(Walker)
,
comb. nov.
Distribution.
Malaysia
(
Walker 1866
).