Caissa fasciatum ( Hampson, 1892: 394 ) (Ceratonema)

Singh, Navneet & Ahmad, Jalil, 2022, A new species and a new species record of Caissa Hering from India (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Zootaxa 5200 (1), pp. 96-100 : 97

Caissa fasciatum ( Hampson, 1892: 394) (Ceratonema)

( Figs 3 , 11, 12 )

Type locality: Nágas, 6000 feet [ India]

Material examined. India: 1♂, West Bengal, Buxa Tiger Reserve ( BTR) , 24 Miles Sikari RCE, Raja Bhatkhawa , 03.xi.2017, S. Chand & Party leg. ( NZCZSI) , 1♂, West Bengal, BTR, Raimtang , 30 miles W/T, 27.x.2018, S. Chand & Party leg. ( NZCZSI)

Diagnosis. Wingspan 26 mm, forewing length 13 mm. Externally, C. fasciatum is closely similar to C. gambita , but male genitalia are distinct in having the saccular process shallowly bifurcated into two equal processes, which is entire in C. gambita .

Distribution. India (Nagaland), Nepal, Bhutan (Irungbum et al. 2017). West Bengal (Buxa Tiger Reserve) (present study).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Caissa spp.: adults. 1, C. aruna sp. nov. ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Holotype (NZCZSI); 2, C. medialis, ♂, India, Sikkim (NZCZSI); 3, C. fasciatum, ♂, BTR, Raja Bhatkhawa, 4, C. gambita, ♂, India, Karnataka (NZCZSI); 5, ditto, Syntype ♂, India, Travancore (©NHMUK); 6, ditto, Syntype ♀, Khasis (©NHMUK) (Scale bar 10 mm)

FIGURES 7–15. Caissa spp.: male genitalia. 7–8, C. aruna, sp. nov., India, Arunachal Pradesh, Holotype; 9–10, C. medialis, India, Sikkim; 11–12, C. fasciatum, BTR, Raja Bhatkhawa, 13–14, C. gambita, India, Karnataka; 15. ditto, India, Travancore slide 1266 NHMUK (Scale bar 1 mm)