Teliphasa similalbifusa Li, 2016

Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2022, On the taxonomy of genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae Epipaschiinae) with the description of two new species and two new species records from India, Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 60-70 : 64

Teliphasa similalbifusa Li in Liu, Wang & Li, 2016: 125

( Figs 10 , 17 )

Type locality: Mt. Daming , Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi, China .

Diagnosis: Externally, T. similalbifusa ( Fig. 10 ) is similar to T. hamata ( Figs 3, 4 ) and T. spinosa ( Liu et al. 2016: Fig. 5 ), but is clearly distinct from T. hamata in the forewing’s broader postmedial line at the costa, as well as in the male genitalia ( Fig. 17 ) with the juxta having a short, robust and sclerotised process, whereas in T. hamata the juxtal process ( Fig. 18 ) is elongate, thin and bent medially. Teliphasa similalbifusa is further distinct from T. spinosa by the forewing marginal band bent medially, and in the male genitalia by the almost circular valva and the single robust, elongate juxta spine, whereas in T. spinosa , the marginal band of the forewing is almost rectangular ( Liu et al. 2016: Fig. 5 ), and in male genitalia the juxta is a broad plate like with a central longitudinal cluster of small spines ( Liu et al. 2016: Fig. 13 ). Female unknown.

Material examined. India, Sikkim, Deorali , 1 ♂, 18.ix.2014, 1 ♂, 06.v.2014, 2 ♂, 24.ix.2014 ( R. Ranjan leg.) (NZCZSI) .

Distribution: Indian records: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh ( Chandra et al. 2019); Sikkim (present study). Global record: China ( Liu et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. Imago of Teliphasa spp. 7, male & 8, female, T. spinaejuxta sp. nov; 9, male, T. erythrina; 10, male, T. similalbifusa.

FIGURES 14–19. Male genitalia of Teliphasa spp. 14, T. erythrina; 15, T. nubilosa; 16, T. dodaki sp. nov.; 17, T. similalbifusa; 18, T. hamata; 19, T. spinaejuxta sp. nov..

FIGURES 1–6. Imago of Teliphasa spp. 1, male & 2, female, T. nubilosa; 3, male & 4, female, T. hamata; 5, male, holotype & 6, male, paratype, T. dodaki sp. nov.;

FIGURES 11–13. Female genitalia of Teliphasa spp. 11, T. nubilosa; 12, T. hamata; 13, T. spinaejuxta sp. nov.