Phalera albocalceolata ( Bryk, 1950 )

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 : 82

37. Phalera albocalceolata ( Bryk, 1950) (new record for India)

( Figs. 16 , 48 )

Phaleromimus albocalceolata Bryk, 1950 ; Ark. for Zool. 42A(19):9. TL. Burma, Kambaiti.

Material examined. India: 2 ♂♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 3), 25.1171°N 94.4456°E, 2190 m,, 23- 24.VII.2019, Genitalia slide no. JSI-GP 308, leg. JS Irungbam (in coll. NZC, ZSI, Registration no. 11531/H10) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 28-30 mm in males. Phalera albocalceolata is morphologically like P. wanqu ( Schintlmeister 2008: 368, fig 1790, pl. 36:639) but differs in forewing ground color black which is paler in P. wanqu . P. wanqu shows its apical prominent reddish brown moon space is enlarge towards the base of the forewing which is represented by a thin reddish-brown line in P. albocalceolata . In the male genitalia, both the species have long uncus but P. wanqu has knob-shaped tip which is not in P. albocalceolata . The socii are tapered and rounded in P. wanqu , which is broad and not tapered in P. albocalceolata . The costa of the valve in P. albocalceolata exhibits several flaps do not present in other congeners.

Distribution. India: Manipur (in the present study). Elsewhere. Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, SW China ( Yunnan) ( Schintlmeister 2008); Laos ( Kobayashi 2020).

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 48–51. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 48. Neodrymonia albinomarginata Schintlmeister, 2007; 49. Syntypistis wunna (Schintlmeister, 1997); 50. S. scensus (Schintlmeister, 1997); 51. Harpyia nadiae Morozov, 2013.