Dolgoma rectoides arunachala N. Singh & Joshi, 2019

Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, A review of the genus Dolgoma Moore from India, with notes on the genus taxonomy and descriptions of a new genus, four new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4683 (1), pp. 33-54 : 40

Dolgoma rectoides arunachala N. Singh & Joshi , ssp. nov.

( Figs 17, 18 , 39 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 17 , 39 ), ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Ziro , 2.iv.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi (Coll. NZC- ZSI).

Paratype. ARUNACHAL PRADESH: 1 ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh , Ziro, 28.viii.2005, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 11.5 mm in males. Dolgoma rectoides arunachala can be distinguished from the nominate subspecies by its slightly larger size. The male genitalia of the new subspecies ( Fig. 37 ) are similar to those of D. r. rectoides (illustrated by Dubatolov 2012), but differ by the narrower valva with the nearly straight ventral margin of sacculus (that is convex distally in D. r. rectoides ).

Female is unknown.

Distribution. The new subspecies is found in North-East India (Arunachal Pradesh).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the state of type locality i.e., Arunachal Pradesh

Figures

FIGURES 17–24. Dolgoma (17, 18) and Teuloma (19–24) spp., adults. 17, D. rectoides arunachala, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 18, D. rectoides arunachala, paratype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 19, T. oblitterans, ♂, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 20, T. oblitterans, ♀, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 21, T. oblitterans, holotype ♀, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 22. T. microoblitterans, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 23, T. neooblitterans, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 24, T. neooblitterans, paratype ♂, S India (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 37–40. Dolgoma (37–39) and Teuloma (40) spp., male genitalia. 37, D. recta, paratype, Central Thailand, slide AV4734 Volynkin; 38, D. recta, NE India, prep. H. S. Datta; 39, D. rectoides arunachala, Holotype, NE India, prep. H. S. Datta; 40, T. oblitterans, Sri Lanka, slide NHMUK010315247 Volynkin (©NHMUK).