Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek, 2022, New and less known Notodontidae from Manipur, India (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5196 (1), pp. 61-93 : 88

59. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993 (new record for India)

( Figs. 25 , 53 )

Rachiades siamensis Sugi, 1993 : Tinea (3): 13.150; pl. 64: 12; fig. 319. TL. Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Pui.

Material examined. India: 1 ♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1236°N 94.4408°E, 2036 m, 12.VII.2016; 1♂, Shirui Hill (Site 4), 25.1112°N 94.4534°E, 2425 m, 25.VII.2019, genitalia slide no. JSI-GP 281; leg. JS Irungbam (in coll. NZC, ZSI, Registration no. 11529/H10) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 34 mm in male. A large species. Forewing with pale brown ground colour; a contrasting large white discal spot and a white postmedian fascia. Hindwings brownish colour with weakly less contrasting fuscous submarginal space. Male genitalia with large socii.

Distribution. India: Manipur (In the present study). Elsewhere. Nepal ( Sugi 1993); Thailand, Vietnam, China ( Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007).

Figures

FIGURES. 20–27. Adults of Notodontidae. 20. Neodrymonia albinomarginata Schintlmeister, 2007; 21. Syntypistis wunna (Schintlmeister, 1997); 22. S. scensus (Schintlmeister, 1997); 23. Harpyia nadiae Morozov, 2013; 24. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 25. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 26. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 27. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003. Scale bar 10 mm.

FIGURES 52–55. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 52. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 53. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 54. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 55. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003.