Honveda nepalina Nakamura, 1976

Mazumder, Arna, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Gayen, Subrata, Mallick, Kaushik, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Chandra, Kailash & Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2020, A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions, Zootaxa 4748 (1), pp. 119-140 : 125

Honveda nepalina Nakamura, 1976

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Honveda nepalina Nakamura, 1976 ; 27: 39.

Honveda nepalina ; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 220.

TL: Ulleri [ Nepal]; TD: NSM

Material Examined: 1 ♂, Uttarakhand , Uttarkashi dist., Govind WLS, CH 18, 1800 m, 31.1319°N; 78.0599°E, 24. vii. 2012, leg. A.K. Sanyal ; 3 ♂♂, ditto, 25. vii. 2012 .

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal.

Diagnosis: Forewing length ♂♂ 24–25 mm.

A prominent black streak in the postmedian area of forewing distinguishes H. nepalina from its congeners. Nevertheless, the best way to differentiate among the conspecifics is to study the male genitalic characters. In male genitalia of H. nepalina , socii has a slight bulge at tips; uncus is short and triangular; juxta process very short and bifurcated; valvae with digitate process at the ventral margin, sacculus slender, crescent-shaped and pointed; phallus zig-zag shaped with curved and pointed apex.

Note: Till date, only Honveda fasciata ( Moore, 1879) was reported under this genus from India. This new record adds another species to this genus from India.

Figures

FIGURE 5. (A–D) Periergos genitale, A—Adult ♂ dorsal side, B—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, C—Phallus, D—8th abdominal segments; (E–H) Honveda nepalina, E—Adult ♂ dorsal side, F—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, G—Phallus, H—8th abdominal segments; (I–L) Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica, I—Adult ♂ dorsal side, J—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, K—Phallus, L—8th abdominal segments. [Scale bar for habitus is 1 cm and genitalia apparatus is 1 mm].