taxonID	type	description	language	source
4E7A87DEFFAAFF85E445FC2AE1F41B4A.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852, by subsequent designation by Hampson, 1912.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAAFF85E445FBAAE66D18B7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA - Jharkhand, Netarhat, 15 - 16. x. 2014, 3 ♀, leg. N. Singh; Rajderwa, 02 - 03. ix. 2016, 4 ♀, leg. N. Singh; Topchanchi, 06. ix. 2016, 1 ♀, 10. x. 2016, 1 ♂, leg. N. Singh; East Singhbhum, Dalma WLS, Makula Kocha, 08. vii. 2021, 1 ♀, leg. R. Joshi; Way to Pindrabera, 10. vii. 2021, 3 ♀, leg. R. Joshi; INDIA - Bihar, Bodhgaya, Goutam Buddha WLS, Watch Tower, 23 - 25. viii. 2017, 2 ♀, leg. N. Singh; Lohawar Hill, 08. viii. 2018, 1 ♀, leg. R. Joshi; INDIA - West Bengal, Kalimpong, Uper Kuwapani, 12. viii. 2019, 1 ♀, leg. N. Kuni; Tamil Nadu, Yercaud, Selam, 19. x. 2019, 1 ♀, leg. R. Joshi.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAAFF85E445FBAAE66D18B7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Forewing length: male 14 mm, female 15 – 16 mm. Forewing with a medial longitudinal white band from base to the postmedial line below the longitudinal black band. Hindwing blackish-brown with basal half transparent. Single frenulum in females also. Male genitalia with uncus beak-like; valva with a strong triangular process at the middle of the costa. Aedeagus long, narrow, with a small bulge at the apical end. Female genitalia. Ovipositor short and wide, with thick hairs. Apophyses posteriores longer than apophyses anteriores. Lateral lobes reduced, post-ostial invagination not clearly expressed, ostium surrounded with folds. Appendix bursae same size as corpus bursae, corpus bursae rounded, with a short spinose signum.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAAFF85E445FBAAE66D18B7.taxon	distribution	Distribution: India, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu (present study); China (Qi et al., 2011).	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAAFF85E445FBAAE66D18B7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Morphologically, L. trigonoprocessa is similar to L. squammigera Guenée, 1852, L. squammilinea Holloway, 1985 and L. nanheng Fu, Owada, Wu, Ronkay & Shih, 2021. However, the more distinct longitudinal white band on the forewing, the transparent zone of the hindwing in adults and the triangular process at the middle of the costa in the male genitalia of trigonoprocessa differentiate it from all its allied species. This is the first record of the species from India. L. squammigera from Maharasthra by Gurule and Nikam (2013), from Jharkhand by Singh et al. (2017) and from Kerala by Sondhi et al. (2018) are probably misidentifications of L. trigonoprocessa.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFA9FF81E4B6FE80E6811EA0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: INDIA - Bihar, Bodhgaya, Goutam Buddha WLS, Watch Tower, 24. viii. 2017, 1 ♀, leg. N. Singh; West Champaran, Valmiki TR, Mangooraha, 17. x. 2017, 1 ♀, leg. N. Singh; INDIA - Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng, Tenga Valley, 08. v. 2019, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, leg. N. Kuni; Shergaon, 11. v. 2019, 2 ♀, leg. N. Kuni; Salari, 12. v. 2019, 1 ♀, leg. N. Kuni. * Kirti et al. (2014) mentioned L. hypenistis as a new record from India probably missed the publication by Qi et al. (2011) in which it was already mentioned from Sikkim.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFA9FF81E4B6FE80E6811EA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution: NW Himalayas (Hampson, 1894), Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh (present study); Australia, China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet), Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Qi et al., 2011).	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFA9FF81E4B6FE80E6811EA0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The more greyish longitudinal stripe on the forewing, male genitalia valva divided into two small arms apically and triangular lateral lobes in female genitalia separate it from its closely allied squammilinea. This is the first record of the species from India.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAEFF81E445FDB6E02B1B51.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: INDIA - Jharkhand, Koderma, Meghatari, 20. ix. 2014, 1 ♀, leg. N. Singh; Saranda Forest Division, Kiribru, 13. ix. 2014, 1 ♀, leg. N. Singh; East Singhbhum, Dalma WLS, Pindrabera, 12. vii. 2021, 2 ♀, leg. R. Joshi; INDIA - Bihar, Bodhgaya, Goutam Buddha WLS, Lohawar Hill, 08. viii. 2018, 1 ♂, leg. R. Joshi.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAEFF81E445FDB6E02B1B51.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Orissa, Punjab (Hampson, 1894), Jharkhand, Bihar (present study); China (Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), Korea, India, Vietnam, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia (Qi et al., 2011).	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFAEFF81E445FDB6E02B1B51.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species shows morpho-variation in adults. Forewing with a black semicircular dot or inverted V-shaped patch in the middle of dorsum. Finger-like short medial costal process running parallel to valva and inverted triangular saccus in male genitalia is diagnostic for the species.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
4E7A87DEFFADFF82E4B6FE9FE43B1E18.taxon	description	Not applicable.	en	Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kuni, Nikhil (2022): First report of Lophoptera trigonoprocessa Qi & Xue (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae, Stictoperinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3): 411-419, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.411, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.411
