Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825

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 : 315

Key to the species of Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 in India

1. Orbicular and reniform stigma of forewing conjoined along median nervure....................................... 2

- Orbicular and reniform stigma not conjoined along median nervure.............................................. 7

2. Semilunate annuli present below conjoint orbicular and reniform stigma.......................................... 3

- Semilunate annuli absent below conjoint orbicular and reniform stigma.......................................... 6

3. Forewing with postmedial band and submarginal line distinct, area between them dark........ P. nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay

- Forewing without postmedial band and the submarginal line indistinct........................................... 4

4. Hindwing with a broad fuscous terminal band from apex to vein 2.............................................. 5

- Hindwing without broad terminal band...................................................... P. costalis (Moore)

5. Hindwing golden-ochreous, with an indistinct postmedial line just before the marginal band............................................................................ P. similis Bandyopadhyay, Mallick, Sanyal & Chandra sp. nov.

- Hindwing whitish, without postmedial line.......................................... P. humilis Hreblay & Ronkay

6. Forewing with a small dark apical streak just below costa.................................. P. meticulodina (Draudt)

- Forewing without dark apical streak............................................... P. conservuloides (Hampson)

7. Head black.......................................................................................... 8

- Head not black...................................................................................... 12

8. Thorax with broad white stripes on vertex and patagia.......................................... P. distorta (Moore)

- Thorax without any stripes.............................................................................. 9

9. Forewing with broad and dark medial band................................................................ 10

- Forewing without medial band.................................................. P. szecsenyii Hreblay & Ronkay

10. Antemedial band bent outward below cell.................................................... P. sinuata (Moore)

- Antemedial band of forewing bent inward below the cell.................................................... 11

11. Forewing without submarginal line...................................................... P. albovittata (Moore)

- Forewing with submarginal line......................................................... P. pectinata (Warren)

12. Upper side of hindwing with medial line.................................................................. 13

- Upper side of hindwing without medial line............................................................... 15

13. Ventral side of palpi, thorax and abdomen crimson red....................................... P. subpurpurea Leech

- Ventral side of palpi, thorax and abdomen not red........................................................... 14

14. Postmedial line of forewing single...................................................... P. calamistrata (Moore)

- Postmedial line of forewing treble..................................................... P. plumbeola (Hampson)

15. Forewing with postmedial line double, black, filled in with golden............................ P. striatovirens (Moore)

- Forewing with postmedial line indistinct................................................. P. discisignata (Moore)