Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007

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 : 75

19. Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007 (new record for India)

( Figs. 13 , 44 )

Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007 : In Schintlmeister & Pinratana (eds), Moths of Thailand Notodontidae (1): 201; pl. 31; fig. 165. TL: N Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Pha Hom Pok, Mae Ai, 2.000 m

Material examined. India: 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 1), 25.1264°N 94.4357°E, 1983 m, 20–25.VII.2019, genitalia slide no. GU 69-82; leg. JS Irungbam & H Huidrom, coll. A. Schintlmeister.

Diagnosis. Forewing length 18 mm – 19 mm in males and 18 mm in female. The S. melanopa is closely related to the S. melaleuca found in Vietnam. In S. melanopa , the forewings are deep blackish with mixed white scales, while in S. melaleuca Schintlmeister, 2007 , the ground colour is paler and the forewings have black discal spots. In male genitalia, S. melanopa’s uncus arms are longer, straighter and tapered, whereas S. melaleuca’s are convex. S. melaleuca has a straight and longer spine at the tip of the phallus, while S. melanopa’s phallus is curved and has a short spine.

Distribution. India: Manipur (In the present study). Elsewhere: Thailand, SW China (Yunnan) ( Schintlmeister 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 11–19. Adults of Notodontidae. 11. Hupodonta corticalis Butler, 1877; 12. Chalepa binotata Kiriakoff, 1959; 13. Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007; 14. S. desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963); 15. S. umbrosa (Leech, 1898); 16. Phalera albocalceolata (Bryk, 1950); 17. Besaia isis Schintlmeister, 1997; 18. Ogulina argentilinea Cai, 1982; 19. Bireta juncturina (Kiriakoff, 1959). Scale bar 10 mm.

FIGURES 44–47. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 44. Spatalina melanopa Schintlmeister, 2007; 45. S. desiccata desiccata (Kiriakoff, 1963); 46. S. umbrosa (Leech, 1898); 47. Phalera albocalceolata (Bryk, 1950).