Aglaopus decussata (Moore, 1883)

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh K. & Chakraborty, Srijata, 2022, New records of Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) from Great Nicobar Island, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1), pp. 105-108 : 106-108

Aglaopus decussata (Moore, 1883) ( Figure 7 )

1883. Sonagara decussata Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883: 2 .

Material examined: India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island; Bird watching point, 14.xi.2018 (01 ♀), leg. K.C. Gopi & party .

Description: Wing span 32-34mm.Head,thorax,abdomen yellowish brown; collar brown; antennae filiform; labial pulpi upturned. Ground color of both wings yellowish brown, with four black spots at basal region; two median,

black circular and rectangular spots present, series of black ‘X’ shaped spots in sub - marginal area, irregular arrangement of black spots in middle and outer area of forewings and hindwings.

Distribution: India: Great Nicobar Island (present study), Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ( Sutton et al., 2015). Elsewhere: Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan Barat, Siberut, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Seram, Buru, Ambon, Sulawesi, West Papua, PNG, Philippines, Taiwan ( Sutton et al., 2015).

Remark: First-time record from the Great Nicobar Island.

Figures

Figures 1-7. Rhodneura pudicula Guenée 1858, 1-2. Adult, 3. Male genitalia, 4. Aedeagus, 5. Mellea taeniata (Warren, 1908), 6. Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862), 7. Aglaopus decussata (Moore, 1883).