Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854)

Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh, Bisht, Santosh Singh, Param, Harsimranjeet Singh & Singh, Navneet, 2020, Two New records of the genus Padenia Moore, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 305-311 : 305-306

Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854)

( Figures 1 , 2, 8, 9, 10)

1854. Cyllene transversa Walker, List Spec. Lepid.Insects Colln. Br. Mus. , 2: 544.

Type locality: Sri Lanka

Material examined: 01 ♂, Karnataka, Madikeri ,

12.417563°N, 75.726894°E, 24.ix.2003, leg. Navneet Singh; 02 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri , 12.417563°N, 75.726894°E

25.ix.2003, leg. Navneet Singh; 03 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri , 12.417563°N, 75.726894°E , 23.xi.2003, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, 01 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri , 12.417 563°N, 75.726894°E , 15.i.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri , 12.417563°N, 75.726894°E ,

13.xi.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri ,

12.417563°N, 75.726894°E, 14.xi.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, 05 ♀, Karnataka, Madikeri 12.417563°N,

75.726894°E, 19.xi.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi; 01 ♀, Karnataka, Chickmagalur , 13.321630°N, 75.770903°E, 23.xi.2003, leg. Rahul Joshi; 01 ♀, Karnataka, Bhagamandala ,

12.386843°N, 75.531488°E, 31.vii.2004, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♀, Karnataka, Ganeshgudi , 15.283461°N,

74.530917°E, 13.xi.2003, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, Karnataka, Ganeshgudi , 15.283461°N, 74.530917°E,

14.x.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, 02 ♀, Karnataka, Ganeshgudi , 15.283461°N, 74.530917°E , 13.ix.2007, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, Karnataka, Ganeshgudi ,

15.283461°N, 74.530917°E, 13.ix.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi; 03 ♂, Karnataka, Kulagi , 15.165658°N, 74.635759°E,

27.x.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi; 03 ♀, Karnataka, Castle Rock , 15.399728°N, 74.341595°E , 31.x.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi; 01 ♂, 01 ♀, Kerala, Vallakadavu , 8.477099°N ,

76.927507°E, 09.ix.2004, leg. Navneet Singh; 02 ♂, 02 ♀, Kerala, Vallakadavu , 8.477099°N, 76.927507°E,

10.ix.2004, leg. Navneet Singh; 02 ♂, 02 ♀, Kerala, Kumily ,

9.603219°N, 77.167526°E, 24.xi.2008, leg. Rahul Joshi; 01 ♂, 02 ♀, Kerala, Vadaserikara , 9.344761°N, 76.83487°E,

7.ix.2004, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♀, Kerala, Vadaserikara ,

9.344761°N, 76.83487°E, 11.viii.2017, leg. H.S. Datta; 01 ♀, Kerala, Neyyar , 8.533929°N, 77.150663°E, 9.viii.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 02 ♀, Kerala, Konni , 9.231558°N,

76.844723°E, 10.viii.2017, leg. H.S. Datta; 01 ♂, Kerala, Konni , 9.231558°N, 76.844723°E, 11.viii.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 01 ♂, 01 ♀, Kerala, Periyar , 9.597379°N,

77.165479°E, 12.viii.2017, leg. H.S. Datta; 03 ♀, Kerala, Periyar , 9.597379°N, 77.165479°E, 13.viii.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 03 ♂, Kerala, Parambikulam , 10.444326°N,

76.812204°E, 2.xi.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 02 ♀, Kerala, Mukkali , 11.444326°N, 76.812204°E, 16.viii.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 02 ♀, Kerala, Mukkali , 11.444326°N,

76.812204°E, 5.xi.2017, leg. Santosh Singh; 01 ♀, Kerala ,

Mukkali , 11.444326°N, 76.812204°E, 6.xi.2017, leg. Santosh Singh ; 02 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Gudalur , 11.498372°N ,

76.469256°E, 27.ix.2003, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Gudalur, 17.xi.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, 01 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Kotagiri , 11.430095°N, 76.868165°E,

22.xi.2005, leg. Navneet Singh; 01 ♂, 01 ♀, Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam , 17.973333°N, 83.226874°E ,

6.ix.2018, leg. Navneet Singh.

Diagnosis: P. transversa is distinct due to broader bands of forewing. Additionally, the inner side of the postmedial band of forewing has a small protrusion near upper angle of cell and antemedial band is slightly indented at middle.

Distribution in India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Odisha (Ganjam), Andamans (Hampson, 1894, 1900), Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh (Present study). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Sumatra (Hampson, 1900; Holloway, 2001).

Remark: Except the South India, Andaman, Sri Lanka and Sumatra, P. transversa is also recorded from China (Fang, 2000) and Manipur, NE India (Chaudhary, 2004; Singh et al., 2014). Fang (2000) provided photograph of adult which clearly resembles Padenia duplicana , but not with the P. transversa . The diagnosis of Chaudhary (2004) indicates that the author is referring to P. duplicana . Singh et al. (2014) listed the distribution of P. transversa as North East India by referring Chaudhary (2004), only. Furthermore, the authors have examined the collection of Padenia housed in ZSI, Kolkata and found none of the specimen from North East India which belongs to P. transversa . Therefore, it is concluded that P. transversa is restricted to South India (extended extremely to Ganjam), Andamans, Sri Lanka and Sumatra only and the records of P. transversa from China, and North East India are due to wrong identification.

Figures

Figures 1–7. Padenia spp.. adults 1. P. transversa♂; 2. P. transversa♀; 3. P. acutifascia♂; 4. P. acutifascia♀; 5. P. obiliquifascia♂; 6. P. obilquifascia ♀; 7. P. duplicana ♂ give.