taxonID	type	description	language	source
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 A – K)	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. 1 ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Ramsing, 28 ° 23 ' 24 '' N, 94 ° 34 ' 48 " E, 630 m MSL, 02. VIII. 2024, Mercury vapour lamp, coll. Nandhini & Santosh; genitalia slide no. L 00055186, INPC; Paratypes. 4 ♂, 4 ♀, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Ramsing, 28 ° 23 ' 24 '' N, 94 ° 34 ' 48 " E, 630 m MSL, 02. VIII. 2024, Mercury vapour lamp, coll. Nandhini & Santosh; genitalia slide no. L 00055189 (♀), INPC.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male genitalia of Gelechia adi sp. nov. have short gnathal hook similar to Gelechia sirotina Omelko, 1986; G. adi can be distinguished by its ivory-white forewings with a black streak across the base, a black triangular spot at 1 / 3 rd, and a semi-circular black spot at 2 / 3 rd of wing length; whereas in G. sirotina the forewing is light grey with an angulated marking at 1 / 4 th with distinct spots and a streak running from tornus into the cell with an apical spot. The ratio of the length of valva, sacculus and saccus is 8.5: 3.5: 3 in G. adi whereas it is 7: 2.5: 3 in G. sirotina. In female genitalia, the lateral margin of the subgenital plate is curved in G. adi whereas it is straight in G. sirotina; the colliculum is shorter in G. adi than in G. sirotina.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	description	Description. Head. White, smoothly scaled. Compound eyes black. Vertex and frons white. Basal labial segment black; second segment basally black, white-scaled towards apex, with a tuft of small white scales underneath; third segment long, sharply pointed, black with white ring before middle and apex (Fig. 2 C). Antenna filiform with black scales. Thorax. White scales, wingspan 12 – 14 mm, forewing ivory white with distinct black markings, a black streak across base, a black triangular spot on the costa at 1 / 3 rd of wing length, a semi-circular black mark at 2 / 3 rd of wing length, apex rounded, termen and tornus fringed with long ivory-white scales. Hindwing slightly trapezoidal, grey, scaled with creamish-grey cilia. Wing venation. Forewing R 1 branched out just behind half of the cell; R 2 closer to R 3 than R 1, twice as far from R 1 as from R 3. R 4 and R 5 stalked at base in the middle; R 4 + 5 and M 1 stalked near the upper angle, R 4 + 5 and M 1 stalked, M 3 and CuA 1 arise just above lower angle of cell (Fig. 2 D). In hindwing, costa slightly sinuate just behind middle of wing; Sc and R 1 veins run in close approximate and fade away in the middle; Rs bends downwards and reaches costa before apex. R s and M 1 stalked at the base; M 2 and M 3 subparallel; M 3 and CuA 1 arise at the same point from the lower angle of cell (Fig. 2 E). Abdomen. Creamy white, with anal tuft of pale white scales. Male genitalia (Figs. 2 G-I): Distal portion of eighth tergite gradually narrowed apically. Uncus broadly rounded, twice as wide as long basally, posterior margin weakly serrated, bordered with long setae; gnathal hook short, culcitula narrow relatively to uncus, fultura superior as long as 2 / 3 rd length of tegumen, tegumen nearly parallel-sided from distal 2 / 3; cucullus slender, extends up to uncus apex, sacculus digitiform, narrower than cucullus, extended to half the length of cucullus; vinculum broad, medial processes two-paired, widely separated at base, first pair shorter extended distally and pointed, second pair as long as sacculus, dilated medially and pointed towards apex; saccus tapered; phallus short, stout, proximal end distinctly inflated, apically pointed, lateral process at left short, thorn-shaped, medial portion broad, short; phallic tube with well-developed basal sclerite, bulbus ejaculatorius sack-shaped, with small dome-shaped lamina. Female genitalia (Figs. 2 J-K): Papillae anales elongate, subovate; subgenital plate projecting laterally with notch in posterior margin and almost rounded anterolateral corners with a membranous median zone; apophyses posteriores three and half times as long as segment VIII, apophyses anteriores fused to lateral wall of sternum VIII; sternum VIII about 1.3 times longer than width, with sclerotized lateral margins; wrinkled along medial membranous zone, with strongly sclerotized short anterolateral drop-shaped processes confluent with apices of apophyses anteriores; proximal part of ductus bursae with colliculum as sclerotized ring with membranous gap; ductus bursae very long, broadened towards corpus bursae; corpus bursae long and globose; signum small and asymmetrically diamond-shaped with marginal serrations (Fig. 2 K).	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species Gelechia adi sp. nov., is named after the Adi tribe living in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDB664FFF5974BCFB2EFB7B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. DNA barcoding was carried out targeting the barcoding fragment of mtCOI gene and the sequence was submitted to the NCBI GenBank and assigned the accession number PV 806685. BLAST analysis of sequences showed a 97 % query coverage and 91.65 % sequence identity with the genus Gelechia in GenBank.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDE664DFF5975A6FB88FC87.taxon	description	(Figs. 3 A – J)	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDE664DFF5975A6FB88FC87.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. 1 ♂, India, Himachal Pradesh, Nauni, 30 ° 86 ' 00 '' N, 77 ° 17 ' 30 " E, 1300 m MSL, 09. VII. 2017, Mercury vapour lamp, coll. Shashank P R; genitalia slide no. L 00055158, INPC; Paratypes. 3 ♂, 2 ♀, India, Himachal Pradesh, Nauni, 30 ° 86 ' 00 '' N, 77 ° 17 ' 30 " E, 1300 m MSL, 09. VII. 2017, Mercury vapour lamp, coll. Shashank P R; genitalia slide no. L 00055160 (♀), INPC.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDE664DFF5975A6FB88FC87.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gelechia bilobuncusa sp. nov. is similar to Gelechia albomaculata Omelko, 1986 in the shape of cucullus, but it can be distinguished by the rectangular lobes of uncus, relatively wider sclerites of the fultura superior, much smaller culcitula, and sinuous sacculus; the saccus in G. albomaculata is subtriangular, about as long as wide at base, but very narrow in the new species; the phallus is strongly curved in middle in G. albomaculata, but straight in the new species. Also G. bilobuncusa differs by its uniform pale brown forewing with irregularly scattered black scales, whereas the forewing in G. albomaculata is dark brown with two white spots in middle.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDE664DFF5975A6FB88FC87.taxon	description	Description. Head. Smooth-scaled, compound eye greyish black. Vertex and frons grey with lustrous pale brown scales. Second labial segment brown-scaled with a tuft of long brown scales underneath; third segment long, sharply pointed, brown-scaled with white apex (Fig. 3 C); antenna filiform with brown scales. Thorax. Brown scaled, wingspan 10 - 14 mm. Forewing pale brown with irregularly scattered black scales, apex acute, termen and tornus fringed with creamish-grey scales. Hindwing slightly trapezoidal, grey scaled with creamish-grey cilia. Wing venation. Forewing R 1 branched out at 1 / 3 rd from of the cell; R 2 closer to R 3 than R 1, being 2.5 x as far from R 1 as from R 3. R 4 and R 5 stalked below middle; R 4 + 5 and M 1 arise at upper angle of cell, M 2 close approximate to M 3 than to M 1; M 3 and CuA 1 arise just above lower angle of cell (Fig. 3 D). In hindwing, Sc and R 1 veins closely approximate and fading away 2 / 3 rd from base; Rs bent downwards and extended to costa at apex; M 1 at upper angle of cell; M 2 and M 3 subparallel; M 3 and CuA 1 stalked and arises at lower angle of cell (Fig. 3 E). Abdomen. Light brown covered with pale brown scales, anal tuft white. Male genitalia (Figs. 3 G-H): Uncus bilobed, lobes symmetrical, rectangular with serrated and fringed margins; gnathos absent; fulture superior about 2 / 3 rd length of tegumen with bilobed apex; tegumen long and parallel-sided in middle and narrowed in distal third; cucullus digitiform with flattened distal 1 / 6 part and sparsely fringed near apex, about 2.25 x longer than saccus; sacculus sinuate and about 2 / 3 rd the length of cucullus; medial processes rounded and separated; saccus long and narrow; phallus slightly elongate, apex pointed, left lateral process short, curved, medial sclerite broad, long. Female genitalia (Figs. 3 I-J): Papillae anales elongate, subovate, with straight anterior margin; apophyses posteriores eight times as long as apophyses anteriores. Apophyses anteriores fused to lateral wall of sternum VIII; sternum VIII two times longer than broad, with narrow, sclerotized lateral rods, wrinkled along medial membranous zone, with strongly sclerotized short anterolateral lobe-like processes joined to apices of apophyses anteriores; ostium elongate, slit-like; antrum cylindrical; colliculum in proximal part a sclerotized ring with a membranous gap; ductus bursae broad, slightly expanded towards corpus bursae, corpus bursae long, oval and as long as ductus bursae; signum symmetrically diamond-shaped with serrated edges (Fig. 3 J).	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDE664DFF5975A6FB88FC87.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the bilobed uncus of the male genitalia.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDC6643FF5972B8FAB0FE53.taxon	description	(Figs. 4 A – K)	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDC6643FF5972B8FAB0FE53.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. 1 ♂, India, Ladakh, Kargil, 34 ° 33 ' 19 " N, 76 ° 08 ' 11 " E, 2676 m MSL, 16. VII. 2018, coll. Shashank; genitalia slide no. L 00055169, INPC; Paratypes. 6 ♂, 4 ♀, India, Ladakh, Kargil, 34 ° 33 ' 19 " N, 76 ° 08 ' 11 " E, 2676 m MSL, 16. VII. 2018, coll. Shashank; genitalia slide no. L 00055164 (♀), INPC.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDC6643FF5972B8FAB0FE53.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Eighth abdominal sclerite of female Istrianis ladakhensis is very short and broad but it is longer and broader in I. falkovitshi; two lateral sclerites near anterior margin of sternum VIII are much broader and transverse elongate in I. ladakhensis in contrast to I. falkovitshi in which they are very narrow, pointed posteriorly.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDC6643FF5972B8FAB0FE53.taxon	description	Description. Head. Smooth-scaled, compound eye greyish black. Vertex and frons white with irregular black scales; labial palpus with alternate black and white bands; third segment long and sharply pointed (Fig. 4 C); antenna filiform with alternate black and white bands. Thorax. Pale brown interspersed with black scales, wingspan 10 – 12 mm, forewing ground color light brown with mottled dark grey and white scales, interspersed with orange scales; an orange spot at 1 / 3 rd from the base. Hindwing grey with dark grey cilia. Wing venation. Forewing Sc fades out at 1 / 3 rd from base; R 1 branched just behind half of cell; R 2 closer to R 3 than R 1, being thrice as far from R 1 as from R 3; R 5 and M 1 stalked; R 3, R 4 and R 5 + M 1 arise from upper angle of cell, M 2 and M 3 arise from lower angle of cell and run subparallel (Fig. 4 D). In hindwing, costa slightly sinuate at 1 / 3 rd from base; Sc and R 1 veins closely approximate and fading away at 2 / 3 rd from base; Rs bent downwards and extended to costa before apex. M 2 arises from lower angle of cell (Fig. 4 E). Abdomen. Light brown mixed with dark grey, anal tuft greyish white. Male genitalia (Figs. 4 G-H): Distal portion of eighth tergite tongue-like, gradually narrowed and rounded apically; uncus long, narrow, gnathos broader tongue-like with sclerotized apical hook; tegumen as long as uncus, boomerang-shaped; anteromedial emargination broadly rounded with lateral margin parallel; cucullus digitiform, symmetrical, broader at the base, inner margin concave in middle, apex rounded; phallus short with rounded base and slightly tapered apex. Female genitalia (Figs. 4 I-K): Eighth segment as long as broad with raised, rounded anterior margin; apophyses posteriores about 2.5 x the length of apophyses anteriores, apophyses anteriores thicker than former; posterior sclerite broad and long, anterolateral sclerite broader and transverse elongate, anterior sclerite short horn-like; antrum tubular, broad. Ductus bursae long, thin, coiled and broadened towards corpus bursae. Corpus bursae globose; signum star-shaped with five edges and medial ridge comparatively broad, posterior edge straight margined and broader (Fig. 4 K).	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
6F088796FFDC6643FF5972B8FAB0FE53.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species Istrianis ladakhensis sp. nov. is named after the type locality, Ladakh, India.	en	Nandhini, D., Shashank, P. R. (2025): Three new species of Gelechiinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from India. Zootaxa 5728 (1): 163-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
