New records of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from India Author Rao, B. S. K. Author Sivaperuman, C. text Zoosystematica Rossica 2022 Zoosyst. Rossica 2022-02-07 31 1 20 26 http://dx.doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.20 journal article 57372 10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.20 4c637ca9-da8d-4967-ab8a-e9b92401039e 2410-0226 10124247 urner,1933)andPagydaarbiter(Butler,1879).Thediagnosesandthedistributionaldataonthesespeciesareprovided;themaleandfemalegenitalstructuresareillustrated.ThefemaleofG.cosmarchaandthemaleandfemalegenitaliaofP.cirralisaredescribedforthefirsttime.Резюме.ЧетыревидаизсемействаCrambidae(надсемействоPyraloidea)впервыеприводятсядляИндиипосборам2018-2020гг.сАндаманскихиНикобарскихостровов:GlyphodescosmarchaMeyrick,1887,Palpitacirralis(Swinhoe,1897),Pachynoaxanthochyta(Turner,1933)иPagydaarbiter(Butler,1879).Приведеныдиагнозыиданныепораспространениюэтихвидов,атакжеиллюстрациигениталийсамцовисамок.ВпервыеописанасамкаG.cosmarcha,атакжегениталиисамцаисамкиP.cirralis.Keywords:India,AndamanandNicobarIslands,diagnosticcharacters,Pyraloidea,Crambidae,Spilomelinae,Pyraustinae,newrecordsКлючевыеслова:Индия,АндаманскиеиНикобарскиеострова,диагностическиепризнаки,Pyraloidea,Crambidae,Spilomelinae,Pyraustinae,новыенаходкиZooBankArticleLSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AFC4E439-9E58-46D4-B1E9-AF9F5CC1A237 Pachynoa xanthochyta (Turner, 1933) ( Figs 1C , 2F ) Material examined . India , Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman I. , 1 female , Bambooflat , tsunami shelter, 11°42.596 ′ N 92°42.573 ′ E , 95 m , 2. VI .2019, Dilmani Kumari leg. (reg. no. ZSI/ ANRC / T/12734 ); Great Nicobar I. , 1 female , Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve , watch tower, 6°59.931 ′ N 93°52.892 ′ E , 123 m , 8.XI.2018 , K.C. Gopi et al. leg. (reg. no. ZSI/ ANRC / T/12737 ) . Redescription . Wing span 45–50 mm . Frons and vertex with yellow scales. Labial palpi light ochreous, upturned. Antennae fuscous. Patagia and tegula yellow with four and two black rounded spots, respectively. Thorax with two fuscous anterior dots. Forewings narrow, elongate-triangular, with light yellow ground colour. Black wide subbasal stripes lying distal to basal costal spot. Series of black antemedial patches present. Discocellular patch black, roughly rectangular. Medial area light yellow, without patches. Series of slightly oblique black postmedial patches present. Six black rectangular subterminal patches present. Terminal area with yellow scales, broad at apex. Hind wing yellow, with a series of black postmedial spots forming a broad stripe. Terminal area yellow. Legs pale ochreous; anterior pair mostly dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, dorsally with black patches on each segment, whitish near anal angle. Cilia yellowish. Female genitalia. Papillae anales thick, densely covered with robust hairs. Anterior apophyses nearly as long as posterior apophyses; posterior apophyses with pointed tip. Antrum simple, narrow. Ductus bursae short, straight, without folds. Corpus bursae membranous, oval, without signum. Distribution . Australia ( Queensland ), Bhutan ( Irungbam et al., 2016 ), Laos ( Ko, 2018 ). First record for India ( Andaman and Nicobar Islands ). Remarks . The genus Pachynoa Lederer, 1863 comprises 14 described species, which are mostly distributed from India and Taiwan to the Solomon Islands ( Robinson et al., 1994 ; Nuss et al., 2013– 2021). Five species of Pachynoa were recorded from India , namely P. fuscilalis Hampson, 1891 , P. grossalis (Guenée, 1854) , P. hypsalis Hampson, 1896 , P. mineusalis (Walker, 1859) , and P. thoosalis (Walker, 1859) ( Ko et al., 2018 ) .