Teuloma oblitterans ( Felder, 1868 ) Singh & Kirti & Datta & Joshi & Volynkin, 2019

Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, A review of the genus Dolgoma Moore from India, with notes on the genus taxonomy and descriptions of a new genus, four new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4683 (1), pp. 33-54 : 42

Teuloma oblitterans ( Felder, 1868) , comb. nov.

( Figs 19–21 , 40 , 54 )

Lithosia oblitterans Felder, 1868 , Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 18 (1–2): 285 (Type locality: “ Ceylon Rangbodde (circa 2500’)”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 21 ), ♀, handwritten label “ Lithosia oblitterans Feld. ... [illegibly] ... Ceylon ” / printed label “ oblitterans n.” / printed round label “Felder Colln.” / printed label “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-I ” / printed round label with red circle “Type” / printed label “BMNH(E) #1037671” / printed label with QR-code “NHMUK010401770” (Coll. NHMUK).

Other material examined. NAGALAND: 7 ♂, India, Nagaland, Kohima , 23.iv.2017, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; MIZORAM: 1 ♂, India, Mizoram, Thingsul , 18.ix.2009, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♂, India, Mizoram, Lunglei , 11.iv.2017, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 3 ♂, India, Mizoram, Serchhip , 08.iv.2017, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♂, India, Mizoram, Serchhip , 24.ix.2009, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 2♂, In- dia, Mizoram, Champhai , 18.iv.2017, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♂, India, Mizoram, Thenzawl , 06.iv.2017, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; KARNATAKA: 1 ♂, India, Karnataka, Bhagamandala , 25.ix.2009, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♀, India, Karnataka, Madikeri , 19.x.2009, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; MAHA- RASHTRA: 1 ♀, India, Maharashtra, Malshej ghat, 25.x.2005, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; GUJARAT: 1 ♀, India, Gujarat, Ahwa , 01.xii.2015, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 2 ♀, India, Gujarat, Saputara , 30.xii.2015, leg. H. S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) ; TAMIL NADU: 3 ♂, India, Tamil Nadu, Gudalur , 16.xi.2005, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♀, India, Tamil Nadu, Coonoor , 13.x.2003, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI) ; UTTARA- KHAND: 1 ♂, India, Uttarakhand, Mahadev , 20.x.2009, leg. Navneet Singh (Coll. NZCZSI)

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 12–13 mm in males and 13–13.5 mm in females. Externally, the species is characterized by the broad forewing and presence of a well-developed transverse line being slightly wavy; forewing ground color is dark brown in males and brown with dove-colored irroration in females. The male genitalia of T. oblitterans are characterized by their juxta having very deep trigonal apical concavity, very short vinculum, long twisted lobe of the saccular process apex, and broad vesica. The female genitalia are characterized by the presence of a broad antevaginal plate, elongated and moderately sclerotized ductus bursae, and very large appendix bursae having broad basal section and strongly twisted distal section.

Distribution. The species is reliably known from Sri Lanka and India. The records for Thailand ( Černý & Pinratana 2009) belong to T. montanebula . According to the genitalia drawing ( Fang 2000, fig. 175), the record for China is erroneous and belongs to an undetermined member of the Dolgoma reticulata species-group.

Figures

FIGURES 17–24. Dolgoma (17, 18) and Teuloma (19–24) spp., adults. 17, D. rectoides arunachala, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 18, D. rectoides arunachala, paratype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 19, T. oblitterans, ♂, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 20, T. oblitterans, ♀, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 21, T. oblitterans, holotype ♀, Sri Lanka (©NHMUK); 22. T. microoblitterans, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 23, T. neooblitterans, holotype ♂, NE India (NZCZSI); 24, T. neooblitterans, paratype ♂, S India (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 37–40. Dolgoma (37–39) and Teuloma (40) spp., male genitalia. 37, D. recta, paratype, Central Thailand, slide AV4734 Volynkin; 38, D. recta, NE India, prep. H. S. Datta; 39, D. rectoides arunachala, Holotype, NE India, prep. H. S. Datta; 40, T. oblitterans, Sri Lanka, slide NHMUK010315247 Volynkin (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 54–56.Teuloma spp., femalegenitalia.54, T.oblitterans, SriLanka, slideNHMUK010315248Volynkin (©NHMUK); 55, T. falsinebulosa, paratype, S India, slide NHMUK010315253 Volynkin (©NHMUK); 56, T. nebulosa, S Laos, slide AV4833 Volynkin.