Phlogophora conservuloides ( Hampson, 1898 )

Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Dey, Rushati, Bhattacharyya, Kamalika, Mallick, Kaushik, Mazumder, Arna, Gayen, Subrata, Das, Moumita, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Kumar, Vikas, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5004 (2), pp. 311-342 : 324

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.4
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scientific name	Phlogophora conservuloides ( Hampson, 1898 )
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Euplexia conservuloides Hampson, 1898 , J. Bomb. Soc., 11: 443.

Chutapha conservuloides (Hampson) : Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 7: 493.

Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson) : Yoshimoto, 1992, in Haruta, Tinea , 13: 59.

Type locality: Sikkim [ India]

Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Himachal Pradesh, Dist. Kullu, Great Himalayan National Park, Thathi , 31.73912° N, 077.35873° E, 2917 m, 08. IX. 2016; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Shakti Waterfall , 31.78673° N, 077.47989° E, 2200 m, 27. V. 2018; coll. K. Mallick & team GoogleMaps . 1 ♂, Dist. Kangra, Dharamshala, Maniyana , 32.22809° N, 076.28016° E, 995 m, 27. X. 2018; coll. A. Raha & team GoogleMaps .

4 ♂♂, Uttarakhand, Dist. Pithoragarh, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, Gowalghat , 29.91782° N, 080.40010° E, 2462 m, 16. VI. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, Jimjhini , 29.92121° N, 080.39719° E, 2627 m, 18. VI. 2018; coll. A. K. Sanyal GoogleMaps & team.

2 ♂♂, West Bengal, Dist. Darjeeling, Singalila National Park, Chitre , 26.99126° N, 088.11189° E, 2295 m, 15. V. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, Meghma , 27.03270° N, 088.08314° E, 2971 m, 19. V. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Kalpokhri , 27.07387° N, 088.01698° E, 3000 m, 24. V. 2018; coll. K. Bhattacharyya GoogleMaps & team; 1 ♂, Manedara , 27.1147° N, 088.1000° E, 2168 m, 01. XI. 2018; coll. A. K. Sanyal GoogleMaps & team.

Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male: 32–34 mm, female: 30–32 mm. In forewing, a prominent black speck between subbasal and antemedial line; submarginal line dark brown in colour between vein 7 and vein 3 particularly, otherwise indistinct and pale; prominent black postmedial line which is double above vein 4; medial area with a chocolate brown triangular patch conjoining the lower part of orbicular and reniform, continuing up to middle of inner margin; area between orbicular and reniform dark chocolate brown. Hindwing pale; cilia brown preceded by a fine ochreous line; underside of both wings paler with pinkish tinge; visible postmedial lines.

Male genitalia: The main characteristic feature is that the valva is narrow compared to its congeners and is long, pointed, sickle-shaped; harpe short, curved, horn-like, and the digitus small, blunt; aedeagus with two ridges of minute spines in carinal region.

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh ( Hampson 1898; Kirti et al. 2014). Global: Nepal, China, Taiwan ( Yoshimoto 1992).

Bionomics: Recorded throughout North-Western to Eastern Himalaya, the species is active in the widest altitudinal range among all the Himalayan Phlogophora from 1000–3000 m, in a variety of forested habitats from Chir Pine to sub-alpine. Individuals were active in all the seasons with a peak in the month of May in areas receiving an annual precipitation of 1100–2500 mm and annual mean temperature of 10.1–19.9 ºC.