Nephelomilta pseudoeffracta (Kirti, Joshi & N. Singh, 2013) Volynkin & Černý, 2018

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2018, Revision of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900, with descriptions of twelve new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4472 (3), pp. 401-451 : 413

Nephelomilta pseudoeffracta (Kirti, Joshi & N. Singh, 2013) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 30–33 , 98 , 99 , 133 )

Cyana pseudoeffracta KIRTI, JOShI & N. SINgh, 2013, Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Science 3 (2): 1302, fIgS. 1– 5 (Type LOCALITy: " INDIA, MeghALAyA, JOwAI, 1290 m ").

Type material examined. Photograps of the holotype ( Fig. 32 ): ♀, India: Meghalaya, Jowai , 1290 m, 08.ix.2009 (Coll. PUDZES).

Other material examined. 5 ♂, 1 ♀, [NE India, Meghalaya] Khasis, 5000 ft., Shillong , 21.IX.1927 , Fletcher coll., slide BMNH (E) Arct-6266 ♂ ( Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, same locality and collector, but 25.IX.1927 , slide BMNH (E) Arct-6542 ♀ Volynkin ( Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, same locality and collector, but 8.IX.1927 , slide BMNH (E) Arct-6543 ♂ Volynkin ( Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, [NE India] Assam, W.F. Badgley, VI., 1906-185, slide BMNH (E) Arct-6544 ♂ Volynkin ( Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [NE India, Meghalaya] Shillong, Y.R. Rao coll., at light, 30.VI. [19]18 / Brit. Mus. 1926-142., slide BMNH (E) Arct-6545 ♀ Volynkin ( Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [NE India, Meghalaya] Shillong , VI.1896 , Assam (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [NE India, Meghalaya] Shillong , VII.1896 , Assam (Coll. NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Length of forewing is 10–11 mm in males and 13–14.5 mm in females. The species differs clearly from all other congeners in its significantly reduced red pattern of forewings in both sexes. The male genitalia of N. pseudoeffracta are very similar to those of N. effracta , and differ only in the smaller apical lobes of the juxta, the slightly broader valve, the only slightly curved medial section of the costa (whereas in N. effracta the medial costal angle is slightly more developed), and the smaller spikes on the aedeagus carina. The female genitalia of N pseudoeffracta differ from those of N. effracta by the slightly narrower antevaginal plate, the weaker spines in the medial cluster of the corpus bursae, and the significantly smaller signum

Distribution. North-East India (Meghalaya, Assam).

Figures

FIGURES 25–36. Nephelomilta Spp.: ADULTS. 25, N. effracta, ♂, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 26, N. effracta, ♀, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 27, N. effracta, ♂, NE India (©NHMUK); 28, N. effracta, holotype ♀, Nepal (©NHMUK); 29, N. wolfgangspeideli, hOLOType ♂, S Vietnam (©NHMUK); 30, N. pseudoeffracta, ♂, NE India (©NHMUK); 31, N. pseudoeffracta, ♀, NE India (©NHMUK); 32, N. pseudoeffracta, holotype ♀, NE India (PUDZES, photo by N. Singh); 33, N. pseudoeffracta, ♀, NE India (©NHMUK); 34, N. klapperichi, holotype ♂, China, Fujiang (ZFMK); 35, N. klapperichi, ♂, SE Laos (MWM/ZSM); 36, N. klapperichi, ♂, N ThAILAND (CKC).

FIGURES 96–98. Nephelomilta Spp.: mALe geNITALIA. 96, N. effracta, NepAL, SLIDe MWM 31660 VOLyNKIN; 97, N. effracta, NE INDIA, SLIDe MWM 34450 VOLyNKIN; 98, N. pseudoeffracta, NE INDIA, SLIDe BMNH(E) ARCT-6544 VOLyNKIN (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 99–101. Nephelomilta Spp.: mALe geNITALIA. 99, N. pseudoeffracta, NE INDIA, SLIDe BMNH(E) ARCT-6543 VOLyNKIN (©NHMUK); 100, N. klapperichi, hOLOType, ChINA, FUjIAN, SLIDe AV1908 VOLyNKIN; 101, N. klapperichi, W ThAILAND, SLIDe AV2844 VOLyNKIN.

FIGURES 126–133. Nephelomilta Spp.: femALe geNITALIA. 126, N. suffusa, S INDIA, SLIDe BMNH(E) ARCT-6558 VOLyNKIN (©NHMUK); 127, N. sumatrana sumatrana, SUmATRA, SLIDe AV4154 VOLyNKIN; 128, N. s. sumatrana, MALAy PeNINSULA, SLIDe MWM 31645 VOLyNKIN; 129, N. s. effractoida, pARAType, NE INDIA, SLIDe ZSM ARCT. 36/2017 VOLyNKIN; 130, N. s. effractoida, pARAType, SW ThAILAND, SLIDe AV2848 VOLyNKIN; 131, N. gulmargensis, NE INDIA, SLIDe ZSM ARCT. 34/2017 VOLyNKIN; 132, N. effracta, NepAL, SLIDe MWM 31656 VOLyNKIN; 133, N. pseudoeffracta, NE INDIA, SLIDe VOLyNKIN (©NHMUK).