Endotricha eximia Whalley, 1963: 428

Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2023, On the taxonomy of genus Endotricha Zeller (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) with description of three new species from India, Zootaxa 5323 (1), pp. 56-70 : 60

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( Figs 5, 6 View FIGURES 1–8 , 20 View FIGURES 17–22 , 30 View FIGURES 29–32 )

Type locality: India, Khasis

Material examined: India, Sikkim: Dodak, 2 ♁, 07.v.2014 (8768/H10), Golitar , 3 ♁, 2 ♀, 30.iv.2014 (8769/ H10, 8770/H10), Yuksom, 1 ♁, 03.v.2014 (8771/H10), R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis: Morphologically, E. eximia ( Figs 5, 6 View FIGURES 1–8 ) is closely similar to E. costaemaculalis ( Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ), particularly with the phenotype of its synonym E. fuscifusalis from North India, but is distinct by its smaller size. In male genitalia, juxta of E. eximia ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 17–22 ) is distinct from that of E. costaemaculalis ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–22 ) in the absence of apical spines and vesica of E. eximia with a cornutus as a thin line of spines, which is spiniform in E. costaemaculalis . In female genitalia of E. eximia ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 29–32 ), ductus bursae is uniformly sclerotised whereas in E. costaemaculalis ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 29–32 ), ductus bursae is weakly sclerotised centrally.