Kamalia tattakana ( Matsumura, 1927 )

Chandra, Kailash, Mazumder, Arna, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Ash, Anirban, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Mallick, Kaushik & Raha, Angshuman, 2018, Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 4505 (1), pp. 1-84 : 62

Kamalia tattakana ( Matsumura, 1927)

[ Fig. 4 (M–P)]

Cerura tattakana Matsumura, 1927 ; 19 (1): 7.

Neocerura kandyia magniguttata Nakamura, 1978 ; 10: 216.

Kamalia tattakana ; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 230.

TL: Tattaka near Musha, Formosa [= Taiwan, China]; TD: EIHU

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: China (Taiwan), Japan Myanmar, Vietnam.

Material Examined: Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley dist, Anini, Old School (29.7968°N; 95.9151°E, 1639 m), 16.iv.2017 (1♂), leg. S. Gayen & Party.

Diagnosis: Half of forewing: ♂ 36mm. The species is larger than its congeners with shiny white forewings and whiter hindwings.

The male genitalia is characterized by long and slender phallus having a spiny protrusion. 8 th sternite with acute and pointed tip. The shape of the socii, phallus and 8 th sternite may vary among individuals.

Note: New record to India. Poplus and Salix of Salicaceae are reported host plants.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Notodontidae new records to India. (A–D) Phalera (Phalera) birmicola Bryk, 1949, A—Adult ♂, B—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, C—Aedeagus, D—8 th Sternite & tergite; (E–H) Spatalina desiccata stolida Schintlmeister, 2007, E—Adult ♂, F—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, G—Aedeagus, H—8 th Sternite & tergite; (I–L) Hiradonta hannemanni Schintlmeister, 1989, I—Adult ♂, J—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, K—Aedeagus, L—8 th Sternite & tergite; (M–P) Kamalia tattakana (Matsumura, 1927), M—Adult ♂, N—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, O—Aedeagus, P—8 th Sternite & tergite.