Zadadra cucullata Joshi, Kirti & Singh, 2015

Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Singh, Navneet, 2015, Two new species of genus Zadadra Moore (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India, Florida Entomologist 98 (2), pp. 536-536 : 536-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.098.0221
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD62FC77-6919-EA1D-99EF-F88967639B4E
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scientific name	Zadadra cucullata Joshi, Kirti & Singh
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zadadra cucullata Joshi, Kirti & Singh View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–5 View Figs )

DIAGNOSIS

MALE: Adult ( Fig. 1 View Figs ). Head with frons yellow; vertex brown. Antennae greyish- yellow. Labial palpi with tip black. Thorax with patagia and tegulae grey. Forewing fuscous grey; costa yellowish towards base; a groove above cell; indistinct medial band. Hindwing pale yellow with terminal area pale fuscous, androconial patch from antemedial to medial region. Abdomen grey with ventral surface and anal tuf yellow.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2, 3 View Figs ). Uncus slender, broad at base, narrow towards apex; tegumen as long as uncus, broad U-shaped; vinculum longer than tegumen, deep, U-shaped; saccus knob-like. Valvae ( Fig. 4 View Figs ) broad, extending much beyond uncus; cucullus broad, lamellate; sacculus broad, valvula short, curved; a small harpe present. Transtilla membranous. Aedeagus ( Fig. 5 View Figs ) moderately long, slightly curved, apically narrow with a short spine; vesica membranous, cornutus absent; ductus ejaculatorius entering laterally.

Wing span. Male 34-36 mm.

FEMALE: UNKNOWN.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

HOLOTYPE: 1 male INDIA. Nagaland, Tuenseng , 1600 m, 03.V.2010. (Registration number: PUP/RJ –141) . PARATYPES: 3 males INDIA. Sikkim, Aritar , 1400 m, 30.IV.2009 -3 3 (Coll. R Joshi). (Registration numbers: PUP/RJ –142a; PUP/RJ –142b; PUP/RJ –142c)

DISSECTED SPECIMEN:PUP/RJ –142a;Slide no. Gen. 3 PUP/RJ –142a

TYPE LOCALITY

Tuensang (Nagaland, India)

ETYMOLOGY

The name of the new species refers to its distinct shape of cucullus.

REMARKS

Morphologically, the new species differs from Z. distorta (Moore) and Z. neodistorta sp. nov. in the absence of a post medial spot and a yellow fascia on the forewing costa. The male genital features of a broad and lamellate cucullus and the presence of a harpe also separates Z. cucullata sp. nov. from Z. neodistorta sp. nov. and Z. distorta Moore. Furthermore , Z. cucullata sp. nov. is distinct from Z. c ostalis (Moore) and Z. fuscistriga (Hampson) in the presence of an androconial patch on hindwing.