Kiwaia (Empista) ramulata (Meyrick, 1926)

(Figs 27, 52, 53)

Gelechia ramulata Meyrick, 1926: 278 .

Gnorimoschema ramulata (Meyrick, 1931): Clarke, 1967: 160, Pl. 80, figs 4–4b. Kiwaia ramulata (Meyrick, 1931): Pathania & Sidhu, 2010: 13.

Material examined. Type, Gelechia ramulata Meyr., 1/1 E. Meyrick det., in Meyrick Coll., Kumaon, Muktesar, 7000, 9.22, TBF, ♂, genitalia on slide 2.ix.1948, J.F.G.C. 8280 (BMNH).

Additional material examined. 1♂, Kumaon, 7000 ft., Muktesar, 24Apl. – 15 May 23 (Fletcher), Gelechia ramulata, M[?]. Meyrick det. 1928, gen. slide no. 34174, O. Bidzilya (BMNH).

Description. Adult (Fig. 27): Wingspan 17.0–19.0 mm. Head grey to light brown, labial palpus up curved, black with rare grey scales, inner surface lighter, light grey mottled with brown, segment 3 about 1.5 times shorter and narrower than segment 2, scapus brown, other antennal segments brown, white-ringed; thorax and tegulae brown to black; forewing black under costal margin, then becoming brown to half width and light brown to creamish towards dorsal margin, veins black in apical 1/3, termen black-spotted, two pairs of black indistinct spots in cell, distinct black dot in the corner of cell, cilia grey black-tipped; hindwing light grey.

Male genitalia (Figs 52, 53): Uncus tongue-shaped, longer than broad, broadened near the base, then gradually narrowed towards rounded apex; gnathos thin, sickle-shaped; tegumen comparatively broad, nearly parellel-sided in distal 2/3, base broadened, antromedial emargination broadly rounded; valva narrow, apex inflated, rounded, reaching to half length of uncus; sacculus short, broad on base, then narrow, pointed; vinculum about 1.5 times broader than long, posterior margin broadly emarginated, vincular processes moderately broad, extending to the top of sacculus, outer margin densely covered with short spines; saccus long, stout, tapered apically; phallus as long as tegumen with uncus, tubular, with small lateral tooth on 2/3 length, about of equal width, caecum weakly inflated.

Female unknown.

Remarks. The species is well recognizable externally by forewing clearly separated into dark costal 1/3 and pale creamy dorsal 2/3. The male genitalia are recognizable by the short sacculus, the long saccus and the tubular phallus with lateral tooth on 2/3.

Biology. According to the label information adults fly in April–May and late September at the altitude of about 2100 m.

Distribution. Nort-Eastern India (Uttarkhand).

Notes. Gelechia ramulata was described from a single male collected in North-Eastern India. The holotype, lateral view of the male genitalia and label data were illustrated by Clarke (1969).