Hexafrenum viola ( Schintlmeister, 1997 )

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek, 2022, New and less known Notodontidae from Manipur, India (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5196 (1), pp. 61-93 : 88

57. Hexafrenum viola ( Schintlmeister, 1997) (new record for India)

( Figs. 24 , 52 )

Hexafrenum viola Schintlmeister, 1997 ; Entomofauna , Suppl. 9: 153; pl. 30: 17, 18; Fig. 149. TL: N Vietnam, Mt. Fan-si-pan, W-Seite, Cha-pa, 22° 20′ N, 103° 40′ E.

Material examined. India: 2 ♂♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1171°N 94.4456°E, 2198 m, 12.VII.2016, genitalia slide no. JSI-GP 285; leg. JS Irungbam (in coll. NZC, ZSI, Registration no. 11524/H10) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 21 mm in male. Externally the species is slightly different from other members of Hexafrenum . The forewing are deeply shaped; the discal spot pale brown marked. There is a prominent black spot in the basal area ( Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007). The male genitalia have slender phallus and a deeper bilobed uncus.

Distribution. India: Manipur (in the present study). Elsewhere. Vietnam, China (Yunnan), N Thailand ( Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007); Laos ( Kobayashi 2020).

Figures

FIGURES. 20–27. Adults of Notodontidae. 20. Neodrymonia albinomarginata Schintlmeister, 2007; 21. Syntypistis wunna (Schintlmeister, 1997); 22. S. scensus (Schintlmeister, 1997); 23. Harpyia nadiae Morozov, 2013; 24. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 25. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 26. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 27. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003. Scale bar 10 mm.

FIGURES 52–55. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 52. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 53. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 54. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 55. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003.