Kailasha gulmargensis Singh, Kirti & Singh, 2015

Ulziijargal, Bayarsaikhan, Na, Sol-Moon & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2017, Revision of the genus Kailasha (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Oriental region, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 4216 (1), pp. 85-93 : 91

Kailasha gulmargensis Singh, Kirti & Singh, 2015

Kailasha gulmargensis Singh, Kirti & Singh, 2015 , Arctiid Moths of India 1: 81. TL: India (Kashmir: Gulmarg).

Description. Adult ( Fig. 6 ). Head white, tegulae orange. Forewing white, with orange bands, subbasal and medial bands outcurved from costa and incurved to inner margin; postmedial curved series of elongated spots, submarginal series of rounded spots. Hindwing yellow, with a black discoidal spot. Abdomen with extremity yellow ( Kirti & Singh, 2015, from the original description).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 11 ). Uncul long; tegumen broad; valvae undivided, central area membranous; aedeagus with a bifurcated spine at tip; vesica with two patches of well formed spines ( Kirti & Singh, 2015, from the original description).

Female genitalia Unknown.

Material examined. Type series. 2 males, India, Kashmir, Gulmarg, 13.V.2013, Devinder Pal Singh coll. (Punjabi Univ., Patiala, Punjab).

Distribution. India.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Adults of genus Kailasha spp. 1 a. Kailasha effracta, male, Thailand. 1 b. ditto, female, Cambodia. 2 a. K. angkorensis, male, Cambodia. 2 b. ditto, female, Cambodia. 3 a. K. babensis sp. n., male, Vietnam. 3 b ditto, female, Vietnam. 4. K. pellucida, male, Java. 5. K. pseudoeffracta, female, India. 6. K. gulmargensis, male, India.

FIGURES 7 – 11. Male genitalia of genus Kailasha spp. 7. Kailasha effracta, Thailand. 8. K. angkorensis, Cambodia. 9. K. babensis sp. n., Vietnam. 10. K. pellucida, Java. 11. K. gulmargensis, India.