Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman, 2021

Yakovlev, Roman V., Sankararaman, Hariharakrishnan, Balaji, Rajasekaran Krishna & Balakrishnan, Valappil, 2021, A world catalogue of Xyleutes Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of India, Zootaxa 5040 (4), pp. 565-574 : 570

Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman , sp. nov.

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Type locality. India, Kerala, Malappuram, Thottapally .

Type material. Holotype in UASB.

Distribution. India (Western Ghats).

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FIGURE 2. Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman, sp. nov. male holotype: A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Male genitalia (frontal projection). C. Phallus (lateral projection). D–F. Males in the nature (photos by Balakrishnan Valappil). D. from Aralam wildlife sanctuary, Kerala. E. from Aralam wildlife sanctuary, Kerala. F. from T.K. Colony, Kerala. G–H. Habitat. G. T.K. Colony, Malappuram, Kerala (photo by Jishad). H. Aralam wildlife sanctuary, Kannur, Kerala (photo by Balakrishnan Valappil).