Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker)

Pooni, H. S., Pathania, P. C. & Katewa, Amit, 2019, Plume moths of family Pterophoridae (Microlepidoptera) from Shiwaliks of North-West India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3) : -

18. Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker)

Oxyptilus anisodactylus Walker, 1864 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 30: 934.

Material examined: Punjab: Patiala district, Punjabi University, Patiala, 250m, 17.vii.1999, 1ex; 14.vi.2015, 2exs. Himachal Pradesh, Solan district, Chambaghat, 1200mASL, 25.ix.. 1999, 3 exs, Uttarakhand: Dehradun district,Forest Research Institute,700mASL, 16-18.v.1999, 7exs., 02.vii. 2016, 4exs., coll.Harjit Singh & P.C. Pathania Distribution: Cosmopolitan ( Fletcher, 1931; Gielis, 1993).

Remarks: The genus Sphenarches was proposed on the basis of a new species i.e., S. synophrys by Meyrick (1886), this species is very common in these areas.