Caissa medialis Yoshimoto, 1994: 88

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 medialis Yoshimoto, 1994: 88

( Figs 2 , 9, 10 )

Type locality: Kathmandu, Godavari.

Material examined. India: 3♂, Sikkim, Dzongu , 28.iv.2014, Rahul Ranjan leg. ( NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis. Wingspan 20 mm, forewing length 10 mm. Caissa medialis is unique due to its male genitalia with the saccular process triangular, and directed dorsally.

Distribution. Nepal ( Yoshimoto 1994), India (Sikkim) (present study).

Remarks. Caissa medialis is reported for the first time from India.

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)