Phlogophora plumbeola ( Hampson, 1894 )

Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Dey, Rushati, Bhattacharyya, Kamalika, Mallick, Kaushik, Mazumder, Arna, Gayen, Subrata, Das, Moumita, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Kumar, Vikas, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5004 (2), pp. 311-342 : 330

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DBC66538-7A75-404B-9BDF-9E4EA5D2EDEF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5756916

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393A871-542F-8E3C-56B0-FFC0B4EDFA1C

treatment provided by

Plazi (2021-07-21 20:14:51, last updated 2023-11-03 12:00:04)

scientific name

Phlogophora plumbeola ( Hampson, 1894 )
status

 

Phlogophora plumbeola ( Hampson, 1894) View in CoL

[ Fig. 16 View FIGURES 11–18 , 45, 46 View FIGURES 39–46 ]

Euplexia plumbeola Hampson, 1894 , Fauna Brit. Ind., 2: 217.

Euplexia plumbeola Hampson : Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 7: 235.

Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson) : Yoshimoto, 1994, in Haruta, Tinea , 14: 111.

Type locality: Sikhim [= Sikkim, India]

Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Uttarakhand, Dist. Uttarkashi, Govind National Park, Taluka , 31.06264° N, 078.26350° E, 2900 m, 14. VI. 2012 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Kedarkanta , 31.02863° N, 078.16183° E, 2800 m, 29. V. 2012 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, Dist. Pithoragarh, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, Gowalghat , 29.91398° N, 080.40338° E, 2248 m, 14. VI. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 5 ♂♂, Gowalghat , 29.91782° N, 080.40010° E, 2462 m, 16. VI. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Jimjhini , 29.92121° N, 080.39719° E, 2627 m, 18. VI. 2018 GoogleMaps ; 4 ♂♂, Vayman , 29.92711° N, 080.38988° E, 3065 m, 03. VII. 2018; coll. A. K. Sanyal GoogleMaps & team.

Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male 36–38 mm. The plumbeous/slaty blue-grey colour of the head, thorax and forewing is typical to P. plumbeola which also justifies the species name. Bunch of golden hairs present at the end of thorax. The golden pattern on the forewing is distinct on plumbeous background; reniform spot distinctly golden; a submarginal golden band with three prominent outward dentations between veins 2 and 4. Hindwing fuscous with a distinct whitish marginal line not reaching the costa and an indistinct medial line. Underside of forewing pale slatygrey; hindwing white and grey suffused, with black cell spot and prominent waved postmedial line.

Male genitalia: Male genitalia is characterized by moderately broad uncus with lanceolate apex; broad valva with acute cucullus and a long medially bent harpe; the basal plate of harpe with apical sclerotization and presence of short digitus; sacculus with presence of multiple irregular spines in the dorsal margin.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim ( Hampson 1898). Global: Nepal ( Yoshimoto 1994).

Bionomics: Although, known till date only from Central Himalayan landscape of Sikkim and Nepal, our current record extends its distribution west-ward up to north-western Uttarakhand. Currently the species is found to fly within an altitudinal range of 2200–3000 m, preferably in Oak-Fir dominated Temperate Forest patches within an annual mean temperature of 8–12 ºC and annual precipitation of 1400–1700 mm. Individuals were found to be active in a very narrow seasonal window, mainly in the transition of pre-monsoon and monsoon.

Hampson, G. F. (1894) Fauna of British India (Moths), Part II. Taylor and Francis, London, 528 pp.

Hampson, G. F. (1898) The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in The fauna of British India. Part II. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 11, 438 - 462.

Hampson, G. F. (1908) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Volume VII. Order of the Trustees, London, 709 + 28 pp.

Yoshimoto, H. (1994) Noctuidae. In: Haruta, T. (Ed.), Moths of Nepal. Part 3. Tinea, 14, pp. 95 - 139.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 11–18. Habitus images of Phlogophora spp. 11. Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867); 12. Phlogophora pectinata (Warren, 1888); 13. Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900 (dorsal); 14. Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900 (ventral); 15. Phlogophora calamistrata (Moore, 1882); 16. Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson, 1894); 17. Phlogophora striatovirens (Moore, 1867); 18. Phlogophora discisignata (Moore, 1867)*. *Image procured from Dr Péter Gyulai, Hungary, through personal correspondence.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 39–46. Male genitalia images of Phlogophora spp. 39–40. Phlogophora pectinata (Warren, 1888), Uttarakhand, Gen. prep. WHLEP_133; 41–42. Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900, Uttarakhand, Gen. prep. AS/CK31/3/03.VI.18/8; 43–44. Phlogophora calamistrata (Moore, 1882), Sikkim, Gen. prep. KB/DZ19/1/24.XI.19/11; 45–46. Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson, 1894), Uttarakhand, Gen. prep. GLA_4.2.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Phlogophora