Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777])

Kalawate, Aparna, 2018, First record of orange yellow moth, Aegocera venulia (Cramer) (Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) from Maharashtra, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (3) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121858
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scientific name	Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777])
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Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777]) View in CoL

Phalaena venulia Cramer, [1777] ; Uitl. Kapellen, 2 (9-16):

165.

Aegocera venulia, Hampson,1894 View in CoL , Fauna of British India (Moths), 2: 158.

Material examined: Female, Trayambakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra (20.11ºN and 73.57ºE, elevation 734 mASL), 21.x.1973, coll. M.B. Rao and Party (Reg. No. ZSI – WRC –L–1448); 02 Female, Banwada, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (19.87ºN and 75.24ºE, elevation 556 mASL), 09.ix.1964, coll. R GoogleMaps . N. Chopra and Party (Reg. No. ZSI – WRC –L–1449); 01 Female, Dak Bungalow Compound, Aurangabad , Maharashtra (19.55ºN and

74.93ºE, elevation 478 mASL), 11.ix.1964, coll. R . N. Chopra and Party (Reg. No. ZSI – WRC –L–1447,); 01 Female, Fardapur, Aurangabad , Maharashtra (20.58ºN and 75.72ºE, elevation 374 mASL), 19.ix.1964, coll. R GoogleMaps . N. Chopra and Party (Reg. No. ZSI – WRC –L–1446); 01 Female, Fardapur, Aurangabad , Maharashtra (20.58ºN and 75.72ºE, elevation 374 mASL) 12.ix.1964, coll. R GoogleMaps . N. Chopra and Party (Reg. No. ZSI – WRC –L–1445) .

Discription: (Plate 1 a) Head and thorax brownish, collar region yellow-white with black patch on sides; antennae black; abdomen yellow with dorsal black spots; fore wing

Papilla analis

Anterior apophyses Posterior apophyses a)

Plate 1. A. venulia a) Adult b) Female Genitalia brown, thickly flecked with grey scales; longitudinal yellow-white band, angulated, extend across, notched at the upper edge, ends before reaching exterior margin; the band surrounded from outer side by a reddish brown line, possess a small black spot below the lower edge; a red marginal line; hind wing yellow with orange tinge, redbrown marginal band, a half round black discocellular spot; legs orange-yellow, black bands; cilia white.

Fore wing length: 31-33 mm.

Female Genitalia: (Plate 1 b) Corpus bursae elongate, membranous, tubular; posterior apophyses longer than anterior; papilla analis with setae.

Old Distribution: India: Bihar (Chakraborty et. al. 1998); Madhya Pradesh ( Ramakrishna et al. 2006); Puducherry