Prozorovia kailashi (Singh & Kirti, 2016 ) Spitsyn, 2024

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., 2024, Description of Prozorovia, a new genus from Pakistan and India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5399 (1), pp. 97-100 : 99

Prozorovia kailashi (Singh & Kirti, 2016) comb. nov.

Figs 3–6 .

Type locality. India, Himachal Pradesh .

Material examined. 2♁, 1♀, PAKISTAN: Bisian village , coniferous forest, 34°27’57”N 73°20’31”E, 16–17.viii.2022, V. Spitsyn leg.

Description. Female morphology: Wingspan 27 mm, forewing length 12 mm. The female is externally very similar to the male but differs by the brighter color and gray abdomen dorsally (the male has a yellow abdomen). Eye black. Antenna brown. Head orange. Proboscis well developed. Labial palpus smaller than the eye diameter, orange. Patagium and tegula orange. Thorax orange. Legs yellowish brown. Forewing yellow, hindwing pale yellow. Abdomen gray, its ventral side and apex yellow. Female genitalia: Ostium bursae large; ductus bursae broad, long, almost rectangular shaped, with very large strongly sclerotized signum. Bursa oval-shaped, medium size, with two signum. Apophyses anteriores and posterioris medium long. Papilla analis large, rectangular.

Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh ( Kirti & Singh 2016); Pakistan (present study).

Remarks. The first record from Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Wittia sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766) from Krasnodar Territory, Russia and Prozorovia kailashi (Singh & Kirti, 2016) comb. nov. from Pakistan: 1–2) W. sororcula: 1) male; 2) male genitalia; 3–6) P. kailashi comb. nov.: 3) male; 4) male genitalia; 5) female; 6) female genitalia.