Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species Author Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran 0000-0002-8038-2517 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & uttaran 25 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8038 - 2517 uttaran25@gmail.com Author Dey, Rushati 0000-0002-8025-4443 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & rushati 94 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8025 - 4443 rushati94@gmail.com Author Bhattacharyya, Kamalika 0000-0002-9518-3449 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & kamalika 589 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9518 - 3449 kamalika589@gmail.com Author Mallick, Kaushik 0000-0001-7376-2776 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & kaushik 11. cc @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7376 - 2776 kaushik11.cc@gmail.com Author Mazumder, Arna 0000-0002-3361-977X Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & arna 318 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3361 - 977 X arna318@gmail.com Author Gayen, Subrata 0000-0002-0200-5361 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & gayensubrata 89 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0200 - 5361 gayensubrata89@gmail.com Author Das, Moumita 0000-0003-2459-4926 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & moumitadas 994 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2459 - 4926 moumitadas994@gmail.com Author Raha, Angshuman 0000-0001-6992-7056 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & adroitangshuman @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6992 - 7056 adroitangshuman@gmail.com Author Sanyal, Abesh Kumar 0000-0001-5948-3180 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & abeshsanyal @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5948 - 3180 abeshsanyal@gmail.com Author Kumar, Vikas 0000-0002-0215-0120 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & vikaszsi 77 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0215 - 0120 vikaszsi77@gmail.com Author Uniyal, Virendra Prasad 0000-0001-5757-6383 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & uniyalvp @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5757 - 6383 uniyalvp@wii.gov.in Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-20 5004 2 311 342 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.4 1175-5326 5756730 DBC66538-7A75-404B-9BDF-9E4EA5D2EDEF Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900 [ Fig. 13, 14 , 41, 42 ] Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900 , Trans. Ent. Soc., 48 : 71. Trigonophora subpurpurea (Leech) : Hampson, 1908 , Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus ., 7 : 490. Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech : Yoshimoto, 1994 , in Haruta, Tinea , 14 : 110. Type locality: Ta-Chien-lu [ China , Sichuan ] Material examined: India : 1 ♀ , Himachal Pradesh , Dist. Kullu, Great Himalayan National Park , Shakti , 31.78847° N , 077.49486° E , 2258 m , 30. VIII. 2016 ; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team ; 1 ♀ , Uttarakhand , Dist. Uttarkashi, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary , Changsil , 31.12172° N , 077.99303° E , 3200 m , 15. VII. 2012 ; 3 ♂♂ , Dist. Pithoragarh, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary , Vayman , 29.92711° N , 080.38988° E , 3065 m , 03. VII. 2018 ; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team. Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male: 58–60 mm , female: 46–48 mm . Similar to P. meticulodina but easily distinguishable by the scarlet red coloration of underside of palpi, thorax and abdomen; forewing much darker, rufous brown with purplish suffusion, markings dark chocolate brown; orbicular, reniform and lower half of postmedial line marked with purplish white; a narrow silvery-grey line originating from a same coloured apical patch along outer margin which becomes obsolete in the middle. Hindwing pale brown with flesh coloured tinge; outer margin greyish; underside of both wings crimson red with prominent postmedial lines. Male genitalia: Uncus hook shaped; valva apically narrow, medio ventrally broadened; basal plate of harpe moderately sclerotised; clasper long, blunt, round-tipped; ampulla very small, less sclerotised; in aedeagus, carina region with a thumb like sclerotised plate; vesica without any scobination. Distribution: India : Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand ( Hampson 1908 ). Global: Pakistan, Nepal, China (Tibet) ( Leech 1900 ; Yoshimoto 1994 ; Bálint et al. 2014 ). Bionomics: Distributed in North-Western and Western Himalaya and mostly active in altitudinal range of 3000–3200 m , covering sub-alpine and alpine habitats. Seasonal window is also very narrow, activity recorded mostly during transition of pre-monsoon and monsoon, in the months of July–August within an average trap night temperature range of 7–11 ºC and annual precipitation range of 1100–1700 mm .