Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek, 2022, New and less known Notodontidae from Manipur, India (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5196 (1), pp. 61-93 : 78

24. Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997 (new record for India)

( Figs. 17 , 41 )

Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997 ; Entomofauna, 9, 4:66, pl. 9: l,3. TL. N. Vietnam, Fan-si-pan.

Material examined. India: 1 ♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1236°N 94.4408°E, 2036 m, 9- 14.IX.2019, Genitalia slide no.JSI-GP 311; leg. JS Irungbam, (in coll. NZC, ZSI) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 23 mm in males. The species is similar to Besaia albidostriata ( Schintlmeister 1997: 65, GU30, fig. 7:15) but differs in absence of the black spot in the median area of the forewing. In the male genitalia, B. isis has a short uncus and short socii whereas in B. albidostriata , have long uncus and socii. The phallus of B. isis is straight and not curved as in B. albidostriata .

Distribution. India: Manipur (in the present study). Elsewhere: Vietnam ( Schintlmeister 1997); N Thailand ( Schintlmeister 2007).

Figures

FIGURES 11–19. Adults of Notodontidae. 11. Hupodonta corticalis Butler, 1877; 12. Chalepa binotata Kiriakoff, 1959; 13. Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007; 14. S. desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963); 15. S. umbrosa (Leech, 1898); 16. Phalera albocalceolata (Bryk, 1950); 17. Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997; 18. Ogulina argentilinea Cai, 1982; 19. Bireta juncturina (Kiriakoff, 1959). Scale bar 10 mm.

FIGURES 40–43. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 40. Chalepa binotata Kiriakoff, 1959; 41. Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997; 42. Ogulina argentilinea Cai, 1982; 43. Bireta juncturina (Kiriakoff, 1959).