Teliphasa Moore, 1888: 200

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 : 61

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6580445

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scientific name

Teliphasa Moore, 1888: 200
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Genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888: 200 View in CoL

Type species: Teliphasa orbiculifer Moore, 1888 View in CoL (by original designation)

Distribution: India ( Hampson 1896a); China, Japan, Korea ( Liu et al. 2016); DR Congo ( Nuss et al. 2003 –2022).

Diagnosis: The genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888 is diagnosed on the basis of broad forewing, conspicuous discal and discocellular dark spots, a narrow antemedial line, and a relatively broad postmedial line that is curved outwardly at middle. In males, antenna thicker with a row of short cilia along anterior margin ( Liu et al. 2016). In male genitalia, the valva is broad fan-shaped and almost circular; gnathos in form of long, paired processes.

The genus Teliphasa superficially resembles Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 , but can be easily distinguished by the forewing costa without a stigma in the median area, and the hindwing with a discocellular spot, whereas in Termioptycha , the forewing costa has a distinct stigma in the median area, and the hindwing lacks the discocellular spot) ( Liu et al. 2016). In male genitalia, the conspicuously subrounded valva and the lack of a costal spine clearly separate Teliphasa from Termioptycha .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Loc

Teliphasa Moore, 1888: 200

Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh 2022
2022
Loc

Teliphasa

Moore, F. 1888: 200
1888
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