Kailasha pseudoeffracta Kirti, Joshi & Singh, 2013

Ulziijargal, Bayarsaikhan, Na, Sol-Moon & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2017, Revision of the genus Kailasha (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Oriental region, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 4216 (1), pp. 85-93 : 87

Kailasha pseudoeffracta Kirti, Joshi & Singh, 2013

Cyana pseudoeffracta Kirti, Joshi & Singh, 2013 , J. Chem. Biol. And Phys. Sci. 3 (2): 1302. TL: India (Meghalaya, Jowai). Kailasha pseudoeffracta Kirti, Joshi & Singh: Kirti & Singh, 2015 , Arctiid Moths of India 1: 80.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 5 ). Wingspan 30 mm in female. Frons and vertex white; labial palpi porrect, brown; simple on antennae, yellowish white. Patagia and tegulae white; scarlet spots on tegulae and mesothorax. Forewing white, with yellowish tinge at costa; a subbasal scarlet line from costa to median nervure, constricted in the middle; a scarlet spot in the middle of cell; a waved medial line, excurved in the cell and paler towards costa; two unequal spots beyond it; three large sub marginal spots, one near termen more scarlet; a yellowish band from apex to vein M3. Hindwing white, with fuscous, short discoidal band. Abdomen slender, dark, covered with white scales ( Kirti et al., 2013, from the original description).

Male genitalia. Unknown.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 15 ). Anterior apophyses very small than posterior papilla analis beset with long setae; ductus bursae short, sclerotized; ductus seminalis entering cervix bursae; cervix bursae sclerotized; corpus bursae irregularly shaped; posteriorly constructed and sclerotized; prominent signum present ( Kirti et al., 2013).

Material examined. Type series. 5 females, India, Meghalaya, Jowai (1290 m), 8.IX.2009 ; 1 female, Shillong (1350 m), 7.IX.2009, Joshi, R. coll. (Punjabi Univ., Patiala , Punjab) .

Distribution. India.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Adults of genus Kailasha spp. 1 a. Kailasha effracta, male, Thailand. 1 b. ditto, female, Cambodia. 2 a. K. angkorensis, male, Cambodia. 2 b. ditto, female, Cambodia. 3 a. K. babensis sp. n., male, Vietnam. 3 b ditto, female, Vietnam. 4. K. pellucida, male, Java. 5. K. pseudoeffracta, female, India. 6. K. gulmargensis, male, India.

FIGURES 12 – 15. Female genitalia of genus Kailasha spp. 12. Kailasha effracta, Cambodia. 13. K. angkorensis, Cambodia. 14. K. babensis sp. n., Vietnam. 15. K. pseudoeffracta, India.