Rhodoneura pudicula Guenée 1858

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

Rhodoneura pudicula Guenée 1858 ( Figure 1-4 )

1858. Rhodoneura pudicula Guenée , in Boisduval & Guenée Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec.gén. Lépid), 10 (Atlas): Pl. 1: Fig. 8. Type Locality: Java, Celebs .

1863. Osca guttulosa Walker, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 73.

Material examined: India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island; Watch tower, 06.xi.2018 (01 ♂), 4 km South of Vijay Nagar, 12.xi.2018 (03 ♀, 1♂), Galathea ,

03.xi.2018 (01 ♀), Laxminagar, 11.xi.2018 (01 ♂), Chingambasti, 09.xi.2018 (01 ♂), Bird watching point,

14.xi.2018 (01 ♀), leg. K. C. Gopi & party.

Description: Wingspan 40-42 mm. Forewing with ground colour silvery white; irregular broad black bands, crossed with veins; costal area brownish yellow, reticulated; veins paler in general, pinkish towards outer area; marginal line and cilia pinkish. Hindwing with black bands much reduced. Underside of a wings greenish-brown with pink veins. Male genitalia with uncus broad at base, tapering till middle, distal half digitate; gnathos arms united medially to form a semi-round loop and medial tip projected; valva tongue-shaped, with a flap-like structure at medio-basal area; juxta deeply grooved, bilobed; saccus deep v-shaped; aedeagus curved centrally; vesica without cornutus.

Distribution: India: Great Nicobar Island (present study); Thailand, W. Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea ( Robinson et al., 1994).

Remark: First record from India.

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).