Syntypistis synechochlora ( Kiriakoff, 1964 )

Mazumder, Arna, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Schintlmeister, Alexander, Gayen, Subrata, Chandra, Kailash & Raha, Angshuman, 2022, New records of Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India, Zootaxa 5092 (2), pp. 191-208 : 197

Syntypistis synechochlora ( Kiriakoff, 1964)

[ Fig. 6 E ; Fig. 8 A–C ]

1964. Quadricalcarifera synechochlora Kiriakoff, Bonn. zool. Beitr., 14: 262.

1964. Quadricalcarifera plebeja Kiriakoff, Bonn. zool. Beitr., 14: 265. (Placed as a synonym in Schintlmeister, 2008: 172). 2013. Syntypistis synechochlora ; Schintlmeister, World Cat. Ins., 11: 445.

TL: Tibet [ China]; TD: ZFMK

Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley dist., Dihang-Dibang BR, Anini, Basam, 1743 m, 29.0406 °N, 95.8136 °E, 12. IV. 2018 ; 1 ♂, Pattharnallah-1, 2029 m, 29.1047 °N, 96.0807 °E, 19. IV. 2017; 1 ♂, Meyhoopey , 2314 m, 28.7873 °N, 95.9541 °E, 17. V. 2018, leg. S. Gayen & Team.

Diagnosis: Forewing length: ♂ 20 mm. In external appearance, Syntypisti s synechochlora resembles most closely to S. parcevirens (de Joannis, 1929) , but differs from the latter in following features: Syntypistis synechochlora is more greenish, especially in fresh specimens, as well as much more fuscous in appearance than S. parcevirens ; the sinuous postmedian fascia on forewing is complete in S. synechochlora , whereas it is only visible in costal and inner-marginal halves, being obsolete in middle in S. parcevirens . Moreover, the dark discal spot prominent in S. parcevirens is less apparent in S. synechochlora . Male genitalia of S. synechochlora shows typically slender, apically hooked and curved valvae. Prominent triangular sclerotizations of the 8 th sternite and presence of cornuti in distal part of the phallus are also characteristic to S. synechochlora .

Remarks: The species has so far been reported from China, Vietnam and Myanmar ( Schintlmeister 2008) within the altitudinal range of 1800–2400 m, mostly active from June to October. In Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, the species was recorded between 1700–2300 m in East Himalayan Wet Temperate Forest habitats in the pre-monsoon months of April–May, little earlier than its past known activity period ( Fig. 4 ).

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FIGURE 4. Map showing distributions of Syntypistis synechochlora and Syntypistis witoldi with their Type localities.

FIGURE 6. Adult males of Notodontidae spp. new records to India,A. Tarsolepis (Tarsolepis) taiwana, B. Ogulina ochrocinerea, C. Odnarda leechi, D. Torona lucida, E. Syntypistis synechochlora, F. S. witoldi, G. Pseudosomera noctuiformis yunwu, H. Himalodontosia mahendra, I. Periphalera albicauda, J. Ptilodon amplius.

FIGURE 8. Male genitalia of Notodontidae spp. new records to India, (A–C) Syntypistis synechochlora: A. 8th abdominal segment, B. Ventral view, C. Aedeagus; (D–F) S. witoldi: D. 8th abdominal segment, E. Ventral view, F. Aedeagus; (G–I) Pseudosomera noctuiformis yunwu: G. 8th abdominal segment, H. Ventral view, I. Aedeagus.