Spatalina desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963)

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 : 76

20. Spatalina desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963) (new record for India)

( Figs. 14 , 45 )

Xeropteryx desiccata Kiriakoff, 1963 ; Ark. Zool. (2) 12: 289; photo 53; fig. 50. TL. China, N Yunnan, Li-kian.

Material examined. India: 1 ♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1236°N 94.4408°E, 2036 m, 24.VII.2019, Genitalia slide no.JSI-GP 318; leg. JS Irungbam (in coll. NZC, ZSI) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 21 mm in male. In the male genitalia, the arms of uncus are slender, concave and less curved in S. d. stolida which the uncus arm is convex and more curved in S. d. desiccata . Broad bilobed uncus is present.

Distribution. India: Manipur (In the present study). Elsewhere. N Myanmar, China (Yunnan, Sichuan), northern and central Thailand ( Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007).

Note. Spatalina desiccata stolida Schintlmeister, 2007 was reported recently from Arunachal Pradesh ( Chandra et al. 2018).

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 44–47. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 44. Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007; 45. S. desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963); 46. S. umbrosa (Leech, 1898); 47. Phalera albocalceolata (Bryk, 1950).