Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997

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 : 78

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5196.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3A9C8360-419C-48B3-9C66-39C30B38888D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7224311

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5630EA35-FFE9-FFFD-50AC-96CDFE6AAB75

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997
status

 

24. Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997 View in CoL (new record for India)

( Figs. 17 View FIGURES 11–19 , 41 View FIGURES 40–43 )

Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997 View in CoL ; Entomofauna, 9, 4:66, pl. 9: l,3. TL. N. Vietnam, Fan-si-pan.

Material examined. India: 1 ♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1236°N 94.4408°E, 2036 m, 9- 14.IX.2019, Genitalia slide no.JSI-GP 311; leg. JS Irungbam, (in coll. NZC, ZSI) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 23 mm in males. The species is similar to Besaia albidostriata ( Schintlmeister 1997: 65, GU30, fig. 7:15) but differs in absence of the black spot in the median area of the forewing. In the male genitalia, B. isis has a short uncus and short socii whereas in B. albidostriata , have long uncus and socii. The phallus of B. isis is straight and not curved as in B. albidostriata .

Distribution. India: Manipur (in the present study). Elsewhere: Vietnam ( Schintlmeister 1997); N Thailand ( Schintlmeister 2007).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Notodontidae

Genus

Besaia

Loc

Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek 2022
2022
Loc

Besaia isis

Schintlmeister 1997
1997
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