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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 4: 30 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.4
Page range: 524-534
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A new species of Zitha Walker, 1866 and three new records of pyraloid moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from India

Centrum ALGATECH; Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR; Novohradská 237 – Opatovický mlýn; 379 01 Třeboň; Czech Republic.
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences; Kamýcká 129; 165 00 Prague 6 - Suchdol; Czech Republic.
Lepidoptera Biodiversity hotspot Manipur Microlepidoptera Northeast India Pyraloidea

Abstract

Zitha ferrugineofasciata Irungbam & Mally sp. nov. (Pyralidae: Pyralinae) is described based on 12 male adult specimens collected in Manipur state, India. In addition, three species, Circobotys obscuriptera Wang, 2018 (Crambidae: Pyraustinae), Neoanalthes nebulalis Yamanaka & Kirpichnikova, 1993 (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) and Teliphasa spinosa Li, 2016 (Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) are reported from India for the first time. Illustrations of the adults and their genitalia are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Irungbam, J.S. & Mally, R. (2025) A new species of Zitha Walker, 1866 and three new records of pyraloid moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from India. Zootaxa, 5653 (4), 524–534. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.4