Endotricha fuscobasalis Ragonot, 1891: 526

(Figs 1, 17)

Type locality: Pakistan, Punjab

Material examined: India, Sikkim: Yuksom, 2 ♁, 03.v.2014 (8762/H10) ; Uttarakhand: Chirbatiya, 2 ♁, 03.vi.2014 (13251/H10), Koti kanasar, 1 ♁, 06.vi.2014 (13252/H10), R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis: Externally, E. fuscobasalis and E. melanobasis are closely similar species, differences are discussed under E. melanobasis . Based on the male genitalia capsule and specifically the T-shaped uncus, E. fuscobasalis (Fig. 17) is closely related to the externally distinct E. costaemaculalis Christoph, 1881 (Figs 3, 19), but is differentiated by the apical portion of juxta having two well-formed patches of comparatively larger and robust spines, and the saccular process broader, almost straight and slightly broadened subapically, and ending to a small spiniform process, whereas in E. costaemaculalis, apex of juxta uniformly covered with minute spines and saccular process is narrower, slightly wavy and gradually narrowing towards an acute apex.

Distribution: Indian subcontinent (North) (Whalley 1963); Sikkim, Uttarakhand (present study), China (Tibet)

(Wang & Li 2005, Singh et al. 2022).