First record of the genus Porcellanola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2006 (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) from India with description of a new species
Author
Joshi, Rahul
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector- 8, BH Colony, Patna- 800026, Bihar, India. Lepidoptera section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, New Alipore, 700053, West Bengal, India. & joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8514 - 1272
Author
Singh, Navneet
Author
László, Gyula M.
12 Rainbow Street, Leominster, HR 6 8 DQ, United Kingdom.
Author
Kuni, Nikhil
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector- 8, BH Colony, Patna- 800026, Bihar, India. Lepidoptera section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, New Alipore, 700053, West Bengal, India. & nikhilkuni 33 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2166 - 5581
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-09
4810
1
110
116
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.5
1175-5326
3937110
9D066BC0-075D-41FD-A9D3-2C59F6979E45
Porcellanola langtangi
László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010
(Figs 6,16,17)
Porcellanola langtangi
László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010
;
Esperiana
, 15: 22
Material examined.
INDIA
,
East
Sikkim
,
Rumtek
,
N27°18.297’
,
E088°34.194’
,
1293 m
,
08.x.2019
, 09 males, leg.
N. Kuni
,
Nol.
—8 (Coll. NZCZSI/
GPRC
, Patna; Slide: Nol.—8)
FIGURES 14–18.
Porcellanola spp
., Male and female genitalia. 14,15,
P. sukhothai
,
male, Slide- Nol.—5 (RJ); 16, 17,
P. langtangi
, Male, Slide- Nol.—8 (RJ); 18,
P. sukhothai
,
female, Slide- Nol.—5a (RJ).
Diagnosis.
Forewing length:
6mm
.
P. langtangi
described from Central
Nepal
is very similar externally to
P. ayutthaya
occurring in North
Thailand
, the two species are easily distinguishable by their surprisingly substantial differences in genitalia (
László
et al
. 2010
). In Sikkim,
P. langtangi
occurs sympatrically with
P. sikkima
sp. nov.
and
P. sukhothai
, but is unmistakable for both of them according to its conspicuously different forewing pattern split into a clear whitish basal and dark-colored apical half of forewing compared to the more variegated and complex wing pattern of the latter species. The detailed diagnoses of male and female genitalia of the related species are provided in detail in their original descriptions (
László
et al
. 2010
,
László
et al.
2006
).
Distribution.
India
(
Sikkim
)
China
,
Nepal
.