taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D087E7165F9578FFEDF9E7FB96ACDD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16621); 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Steel Bridge, 22 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16622); 1 ♀, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16620); 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bird watching Point, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, 14 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16619).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165F9578FFEDF9E7FB96ACDD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 10 mm in males. Agrotera basionata is closely similar to Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) in external appearance but can be separated in the male genitalia by the undivided valva, Vshaped saccus, triangularly pointed uncus and stout phallus narrowing distally, with broad apical region with numerous spines.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165F9578FFEDF9E7FB96ACDD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Sri Lanka, India (Punjab, Assam, Meghalaya, Niligiri Hills, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Great Nicobar Island — Present Study), Burma, Thailand, Malaysia (West Malaysia, Sabah, Indonesia), Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia (Chaovalit & Pinkaew, 2020; Reddy & Murthy, 2021; Shaffer et al., 1996; Whitaker et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165F9578FFEDF9E7FB96ACDD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of Agrotera basinotata from the Nicobar group of Islands, a significant range extension for this species within India. This finding underscores the need for continued biodiversity surveys in this understudied region. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests of the Great Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEDFD9FFF0CA82C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Chingam Basti, 09 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and party; 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bird watching Point, 14 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEDFD9FFF0CA82C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 14 – 16 mm. Bocchoris trimaculalis can be distinguished from other congeners by the blackish ground colour of its wings, white tegulae, two white patches on each forewing (one each in the medial and postmedial areas), and one white patch on the medial area of the hindwing. In the male genitalia, the uncus is broad and rounded with a spinous apex, the harpe is sclerotized, the juxta is shield-shaped, the sacculus is broad at the basal third, the saccus is V-shaped, and the aedeagus is slender and lacks cornuti.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEDFD9FFF0CA82C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Meghalaya, Assam, Great Nicobar Island — Present Study), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Whitaker et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEDFD9FFF0CA82C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Previous records of Bocchoris trimaculalis in India were confined to the northeastern states of Meghalaya and Assam. This study significantly expands the known distribution of this species within India by documenting its presence in the Great Nicobar Island for the first time. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests of the Great Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEEFA8FFB2DA53F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16597); 1 ♀, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16598); 1 ♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Galathea 42.7 km, Great Nicobar, 18 - XII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 10799).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEEFA8FFB2DA53F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 45 – 50 mm. Externally similar to other congeners in foreground colour of forewing and hindwing, but can be differentiated by prominent antemedial and postmedial irregular zig-zag markings, broad brown marginal bands of hindwings. In male genitalia, uncus curved and elongated with spines on the spatulated apex, valva oval – shaped, sclerotized costa, phallus with a robust spineshaped cornutus.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEEFA8FFB2DA53F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Africa, Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia (Kirti & Rose, 1990; Ko et al., 2019; Shaffer et al., 1996).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165E9578FFEEFA8FFB2DA53F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Documented for the first time from Great Nicobar Island. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests of the Great Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFED1FC0DAEB5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 ♂♂, INDIA, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Diglipur, Bahadur Tikrey, 08 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 17339, T- 17340, T- 17341).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFED1FC0DAEB5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 10 – 11 mm in Male. Chabula trivitralis can be distinguished from its congeners by the pale-yellow ground colour of its wings, numerous brown stripes on the forewings, a thick transverse medial band, a white transparent wing window near the leading edge, and two white patches on the postmedial area forming a disrupted " B " shape. The hindwing markings are similar to those of the forewing, and the outer margin has a dark brown line.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFED1FC0DAEB5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Sri Lanka, India (northeastern states of Meghalaya and Assam) (Gupta, 1994; Shibuya, 1928).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFED1FC0DAEB5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This study documents the first occurrence of Chabula trivitralis in the Andaman group of islands, previously known only from the Nicobar group (Chandra, 1996; Rao & Sivaperuman, 2020). This significant range extension within the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago underscores the dynamic nature of species distributions in island ecosystems. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the secondary forest margins of the North Andaman.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFC28FC6FABC9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♀♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Govind Nagar, 05 - IX- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 17118, 17120); 4 ♀♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Gobind Nagar, 05 - IX- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16107, 16108, 16227).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFC28FC6FABC9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan of 35 – 37 mm. Externally similar to other members of this genus with whitish forewings, brownish costal margins, and whitish hindwings, Cirrhochrista bracteolalis can be distinguished by its female genitalia with a funnel-shaped antrum, an infundibular ductus bursa, and a rounded, membranous corpus bursa with a horn-shaped signum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFC28FC6FABC9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, India (South, North and North-east Indian States, Nicobar Islands- Present study), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines (Chen et al., 2006; Singh et al., 2023; Whitaker et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957EFFEDFC28FC6FABC9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Previously documented from various states across mainland India including Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. This study reports the first occurrence of Cirrhochrista bracteolalis from Nicobar Islands. This new record significantly expands the known distribution of the species. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests and from secondary forest margins of the Great Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957DFFEDF8ECFD26AE1B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, Sastri Nagar, 37 km, Great Nicobar Island, 03 - XI- 2018, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16586).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957DFFEDF8ECFD26AE1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Conogethes pluto closely resembles Conogethes sahyadriensis Shashank, Kammar, Mally & Chakravarthy, 2018 in the colouration of its labial palpi, but can be differentiated through male genitalia by the evenly arched apex of the valva. Additionally, the elongate sclerotization extending from the harpe towards the valva base in Conogethes pluto terminates before reaching the vicinity of the ventral valva base, whereas in Conogethes sahyadriensis it extends further ventrally.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957DFFEDF8ECFD26AE1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Australia, India (West Himalayas, Great Nicobar — Present Study), New Guinea, Thailand (Chaovalit et al., 2019; El-Sayed et al., 2013; Sanyal et al., 2018).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E71658957DFFEDF8ECFD26AE1B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This record contributes to the increasing evidence of intricate biogeographic patterns. The presence of Conogethes pluto in this region raises intriguing questions about the distribution and diversity within the Conogethes genus. Our findings may indicate a wider but previously underreported distribution of Conogethes pluto across regions such as Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Alternatively, these records could reflect cryptic diversity within the genus, highlighting the need for further investigation. Mally's collection of a Conogethes sahyadriensis specimen in Sabah, Borneo, suggests a broader distribution of this species across South and Southeast Asia than previously recognized (Richard Mally, pers. comm.). This observation, combined with Singh et al. (2022 b) report of Conogethes sahyadriensis from the Great Nicobar Islands, indicates that both Conogethes pluto and Conogethes sahyadriensis may be present in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957DFFEDFC5AFB49A85B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 05 - IX- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 13286, T- 13287, T- 13288).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957DFFEDFC5AFB49A85B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 20 – 21 mm. Cotachena alysoni closely resembles Cotachena pubescens (Warren, 1892) but can be distinguished by the fuscous (dark brownish-grey) ground colour of the forewing and a larger antemedian. In the male genitalia, Cotachena alysoni has a blunt uncus that is comparatively shorter than that of Cotachena pubescens, and a U-shaped saccus.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957DFFEDFC5AFB49A85B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Shillong — Khasis Hills, Naga Nills, Nicobar Islands — Present study), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Whalley, 1961).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957DFFEDFC5AFB49A85B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Documented for the first time from Nicobar Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forests of the Great Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957CFFEDFA1AFE23AC8D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 4 ♀♀, 12 spec., India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rangat, Parnashalla, 19 - VI- 2019, coll. Dr. C. Sivaperuman and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 12464, T- 12465, T- 12466, T- 12467, T- 12468, T- 12469, T- 12470, T- 12471, T- 12472, T- 12473, T- 12474, T- 12475, T- 12476, T- 12477, T- 12478, T- 12479); 5 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Alexandra Island, 19 - VII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 12480, T- 12481, T- 12482, T- 12483, T- 12484), 4 ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Bahadur Tikrey, 08 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 15260).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957CFFEDFA1AFE23AC8D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 18 mm. The forewing ground colour is deep yellow, with three black spots along the costal margin at the antemedial, medial, and postmedial bands. A whitish postmedial band merges with a silvery-white subterminal line near the tornus. In the female genitalia, the antrum and ductus bursae are narrow, and the corpus bursae is ovoid.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957CFFEDFA1AFE23AC8D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Nagaland, Western ghats, Andaman Islands — Present Study), Malaysia (Sabah) (Das et al., 2020; Hampson, 1896; Klima, 1937; Whitaker et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165B957CFFEDFA1AFE23AC8D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The presence of Daulia aurantialis was recorded for the first time in the Andaman Islands. Previously, this species had been documented in Nagaland and from the Western Ghats of India. This finding significantly extends the known geographical distribution of Daulia aurantialis, within India highlighting the diverse and potentially underexplored lepidopteran fauna of the Andaman Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forest’s margins and secondary forest margins.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A957CFFEDFDD1FA62AB3A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂♂, Makachua, Little Nicobar, 14 - XI- 2018, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16114; 1 ♂, Makachua, Little Nicobar, 19 - XI- 2018, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16115; 2 ♀♀, Makachua, Little Nicobar, 22 - XI- 2018, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16116; 2 ♀♀, Makachua, Little Nicobar, 28 - X- 2019, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16117; 1 ♀, Makachua, Little Nicobar, 27 - X- 2019, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16588; 8 ♂♂, Bird watching Point, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, 26 - XII- 2019, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 10835; T- 10836, T- 10837, T- 10838, T- 10839, T- 10840, T- 10841, T- 10842; 2 Ex, Bird Watching Point, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, 24 - IX- 2019, Coll. Dr. Sivaperuman and Party, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 10844, T- 10845; 1 ♂, Bird Watching Point, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, 15 - XI- 2018, Coll. K. C. and Party, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 11043; 5 ♂, Galathea 42.7 km, Great Nicobar, 18 - XII- 2019, Coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 11638, T- 11639, T- 11640, T- 11641, T- 10843.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A957CFFEDFDD1FA62AB3A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 22 – 24 mm. Hemopsis dissipatalis, is externally similar to Hemopsis angustalis (Snellen, 1890) but can be separated by dark brown ground colour of forewing; basal area with a light yellow reniform patch; median area with four light yellow patches; postmedial area with a light yellow, irregularly rectangular patch and a small light yellow reniform patch; wide marginal shade on hindwing. In Male genitalia by uncus membranous, without chaetae; valva broad, rounded at apex with a process on the costal margin; narrow harpe; saccus elongated and nearly rectangular; phallus with many slender, spinose arranged cornuti. In female genitalia by narrow and moderate length ductus bursae and corpus bursae with semi-circular sclerotised arc like signum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A957CFFEDFDD1FA62AB3A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Assam), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (Kirti & Rose, 1987).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A957CFFEDFDD1FA62AB3A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Reported for the first time from Nicobar group of Islands (Great Nicobar & Little Nicobar Islands). Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forest’s margins.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A9573FFEDF9BCFF3EAFB6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman Tal Tikrey, 10 - III- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16595). 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Middle Andaman, APWD Guest house-Rangat, 06 - VIII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T / 17332).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A9573FFEDF9BCFF3EAFB6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 21 mm. Forewings with basally with rufous yellow colour, medial area with a white suffusion, and a triangular narrow patch extending from two-thirds of the costa to near the tornus. Marginal band rufous yellow, fringes yellow. Hindwings with a white ground colour and a dark terminal band from the apex to M 3. In the female genitalia, the papillae anales are elliptical, the anterior apophysis is double the size of the posterior apophysis, and the colliculum is lightly sclerotized. The ductus bursae is narrow, corpus bursae is sac-shaped, short, broadly attached to the ductus bursae, and lacks signa.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A9573FFEDF9BCFF3EAFB6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Australia (Queensland), Fiji, India (Kerela, Assam, Meghalaya, Cherrapunji), Papua New Guinea, Vietnam (Hampson, 1896; de Joannis, 1930; Mathew & Menon, 1984; Gupta, 1994; Joshi et al., 2021).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E7165A9573FFEDF9BCFF3EAFB6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The discovery of this monotypic genus in the Andaman Islands marks a significant range extension, previously documented in India only from Northeast India and the state of Kerala. This new record confirms its presence in the Indo-Myanmar region, highlighting the biogeographic connectivity between these areas and the potential for further undiscovered diversity in the Andaman archipelago. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the secondary forest’s margins.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559573FFEEFD28FEEEA8C3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Galathea 42.7 Km, 18 - XII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC-T- 10825); 1 spec., India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bird watching Point, 26 - XII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 10826); 1 ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Bahadur Tikrey, 08 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 17109).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559573FFEEFD28FEEEA8C3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 34 mm. Nosophora albiguttalis closely resembles Nosophora conjunctalis Walker, 1866 in external appearance but can be readily distinguished by the presence of a white lunular-shaped patch at the end of the cell and the absence of discal spots on the hindwings. Further differentiation is evident in the male genitalia, where Nosophora albiguttalis exhibits a broad uncus with setae and a flat apical tip, a broad, nearly rectangular valva with a basally concave ventral margin, a broad juxta narrowed apically with a U-shaped saccus, and a short, stout phallus equipped with three distinct sets of cornuti.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559573FFEEFD28FEEEA8C3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Myanmar, China (Hongkong), India (Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Present Study), North Vietnam (Caradja & Meyrick, 1933; Kendrick, 2002; Mathew, 2006).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559573FFEEFD28FEEEA8C3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Documented for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in both primary forest’s margins and secondary forest margins.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559572FFEDF9C3FC08AC86.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Bahadur Tikrey, 08 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16085, T- 16086); 2 spec., India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Bahadur Tikrey, Diglipur, 08 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16087); 3 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Chainpur, 17 - X- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16088, T- 16089, T- 16090)	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559572FFEDF9C3FC08AC86.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Externally similar to Nosophora albiguttalis but can be differentiated by small rectangular shaped whitish patch in cell followed by a large white lunular post medial patch from sub-costa to M 3. The male genitalia further differentiate this species, as it possesses an uncus with a noticeable indentation, broad transtilla arms, and a narrow gnathos band. The vinculum and saccus are V-shaped, while the valva is rectangular in form. Additionally, the phallus is characterized by a pair of curved cornuti, which further aids in its identification.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559572FFEDF9C3FC08AC86.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Borneo, Australia (Hampson, 1896), India (Das et al., 2020; Gupta, 1994; Reddy & Murthy, 2021).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716559572FFEDF9C3FC08AC86.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Significantly expanding its known range, this species, previously documented only in mainland India (Assam, Kerala, and West Bengal), has now been recorded for the first time in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (North Andaman and Great Nicobar). Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in secondary forest margins.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFDD6FE8BA9C9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Madhupur, 12 - I- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16601); 2 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rangat, Multipurpose Agricultural Farm-Panchwati, 18 - VI- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 17151, T- 17152).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFDD6FE8BA9C9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 26 – 30 mm. Patania obfuscalis is externally similar to Patania plagiatalis (Walker, 1859) but can be separated by orbicular brown patch at medial area connecting fuscous tornus of forewing. In male genitalia by smoothly rounded uncus, ear-shaped valva with slightly produced costa at 2 / 3 rd with cluster of setae. Phallus short spine – shaped with apically produced spine, bunch of cornuti. In female genitalia, corpus bursae globular, with a small orbicular signum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFDD6FE8BA9C9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nepal, China, India (Sikkim, Mizoram), Laos (Singh et al., 2022 a; Xu & Du, 2016; Yamanaka, 1998).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFDD6FE8BA9C9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Externally, Patania obfuscalis can be distinguished from Patania iopasalis (Walker, 1859), Patania clava Xu and Du, 2016, and Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022 by the shorter labial palpi. In male genitalia, P. obfuscalis is distinct from all the three closely similar species by the middle of costa slightly inflated and bearing a cluster of setae (Singh et al., 2022 a). Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in lowland secondary forests and plantations on Andaman group of Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFAECFB84AA39.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 spec., India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Watch Tower, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFAECFB84AA39.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 20 – 22 mm. Pycnarmon cribrata differs from congeners by spotted black costal pattern, black dot on the centre of thorax with black spot on tegula, basal area with a black spot on the inner margin of forewing, indistinct medial line black, apical area with a black patch on both wings.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFAECFB84AA39.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Australia, Congo, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Zambia (Singh et al., 2022 b).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549572FFEDFAECFB84AA39.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Recorded for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549571FFEDF8BBFAF0AF73.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch Tower, 08 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549571FFEDF8BBFAF0AF73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 22 mm. Foreground colour white on both the wings, forewings with basally broader black costal margin, antemedial and medial straight black bands, postmedial band inwardly connected with the medial band, broad sub-terminal band, black terminal band on forewing. In female genitalia, papillae anales small, anterior apophysis longer than the posterior pair, ductus bursae short, antrum sclerotized, corpus bursae broad and elongated with small scobination of signum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549571FFEDF8BBFAF0AF73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Burma, Borneo (Sarawak), Malaysia India (Kerela, Tripura), Sri Lanka (Singh et al., 2022 b).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716549571FFEDF8BBFAF0AF73.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ravanoa, a genus represented by a single species, is now recorded for the first time on Great Nicobar Island in the Nicobar archipelago. While previously documented in the Indian states of Kerala and Tripura, this new finding expands the known range of the species to the Nicobar Islands.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDFD63FE35A812.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Swarajdeep, Radha Nagar, 13 - XI- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T / 17718).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDFD63FE35A812.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 29 mm. Foreground light orange, forewing with black coastal margin, basal and sub-basal area with straight black band, orbicular and reniform spot bordered with black, post medial band black, terminal band wide and black. Hindwing with the same maculation without spots. Abdomen with each segment marked with blackish triangular patch with silver scales. In female genitalia, papillae anales broad and elliptical, anterior apophysis longer than the posterior ones, antrum sclerotized, ductus bursae very short, corpus bursae elongated and without signum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDFD63FE35A812.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Borneo, Darjeeling, Calcutta (Singh et al., 2022 b, Walker, 1859).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDFD63FE35A812.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Tatobotys varanesalis is now recorded for the first time in the Andaman Islands. While previously documented in the Indian state of West Bengal (specifically, Darjeeling and Calcutta), this is the third known location for the species, expanding its documented range to the Andaman Islands. Representative individual of this species was observed in traps placed in mangrove forest margin adjacent to Agricultural field.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDF9D3FBE7AADA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Galathea 42.7 Km, 18 - XII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 17170), 1 ♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bird Watching point, 14 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16628).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDF9D3FBE7AADA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. In male genitalia uncus elongated and apically blunt, gnathos short and tongue-shaped, juxta broad and shield-shaped, saccus v-shaped, harpe short thorn-like, phallus long and slender without cornuti.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDF9D3FBE7AADA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (several states), Thailand, Borneo, and Myanmar (Singh et al., 2022 b).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716579571FFEDF9D3FBE7AADA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Documented for the first time from Nicobar group of Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in both primary forest’s margins	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716569570FFEDFA4CFF13A502.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Watch tower, 21 - VIII- 2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T- 16118).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716569570FFEDFA4CFF13A502.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 28 mm. Termioptycha albifurcalis is similar to Termioptycha margarita (Butler, 1879) but can be separated by a rounded white patch at the middle of the termen and in female genitalia by the long uniformly narrow antrum.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716569570FFEDFA4CFF13A502.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India (Kerela, Great Nicobar Islands-Present Study) (Ranjan et al., 2022; Rong et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716569570FFEDFA4CFF13A502.taxon	discussion	Remarks. While Termioptycha albifurcalis has been documented from the states of Kerala and Maharashtra, Singh et al. (2022 b) mistakenly claimed its presence in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands citing Sondhi et al. (2021). Upon reviewing Sondhi et al. (2021) findings, it was concluded that their claim of this species' presence on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was erroneous. The present study marks the first official record of Termioptycha albifurcalis form the primary forests of Great Nicobar Island.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716529574FFEDFF02FE68AFDD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 ♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Afrabay, 16 - XI- 2018, coll. K. C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T / 17139, T- 17140, T- 17141).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716529574FFEDFF02FE68AFDD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wingspan 27 mm. This species is closely similar to Termioptycha longispina Rong & Li, 2017, but it can be distinguished by the presence of straight spines on the lateral lobes, which are approximately half the length of the uncus, and the presence of uniform cornuti uniform in basal twothird and trifurcated in distal one-third.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716529574FFEDFF02FE68AFDD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China and India (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Karnataka, Great Nicobar Islands — Present Study) (Ranjan et al., 2022; Rong et al., 2017).	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
03D087E716529574FFEDFF02FE68AFDD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Recently reported by Ranjan et al. (2022) from several states of India. This study validates the presence of Termioptycha cornutitrifurca within the Indo-Malayan regions, affirming its distributional range in this ecologically diverse area. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in primary forest.	en	Rao, B. Sumit Kumar, Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1): 129-149, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.129, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129
