Mambarona congrua ( Walker, 1862 )

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Chandra, Kailash & Solovyev, Alexey V., 2021, A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea), Zootaxa 4927 (1), pp. 123-132 : 129-130

Mambarona congrua ( Walker, 1862)

( Figs 11 , 19 )

Susica congrua Walker, 1862: 172 .

Material examined. India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island: 6 ♂, Chingam basti, 9.xi.2018 (6671/ H10); 3 ♂, Laxmi nagar, 11.xi.2018 (6672/ H10); 6 ♂, Shastri nagar, 11.xi.2018 (6673/ H10); 1 ♂, South West road, 4 km South of Vijay nagar, 12.xi.2018 (6676/ H10); 3 ♂, Galathea , 3.xi.2018 (6677/ H10); 2 ♂, East West road, 8.xi.2018 (6678/ H10); 2 ♂, Gobind nagar, 18.xi.2018 (6679/ H10); 1 ♂, East West road, Steel bridge, 13.xi.2018 (6681/ H10), leg. K.C. Gopi & party (NZCZSI); 1 ♂, NW India, Sukna , 300 m, 2.xiii.1990, leg. W. Thomas ; 1 ♂, India mer., Kerala, 6 km N Munnar, Kodelar Tea Estate , 10˚06’N, 77˚04`, t = 14˚C, 1700 m, tropical rainforest, 14–15.iv.1997, leg. Schintlmeister & Sinyjaev (MWM).

Diagnostic characters. The species is pale reddish brown. In male genitalia, the uncus is broad at base with pointed tip; valva simple, tongue shaped; gnathos deeply bifurcated; aedeagus curved medially, acute at apex.

Distribution. Thailand, Cambodia, central Vietnam, Malaysia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, with doubtful records from Lombok, Flores, Timor ( Holloway 1986, Solovyev & Witt 2009). Herein, we are extending its distributional range to the Great Nicobar Island, South India and to the far North of India i.e., North West India.

Remark. Along with T. lutea , this is the second limacodid recorded from Great Nicobar Island.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Adults (dorsal view). 1, Thespea aka, sp. nov., holotype ♂; 2, T. aka, sp. nov., paratype ♂; 3, T. heringi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon (MWM); 4, T. siniaevi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 65 km NE Putao (MWM); 5, Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri (NZCZSI); 6, M. repanda ♂, India NE, Assam, Kaziranga, Wild Life res., Pan Bari, 26˚45`N, 93˚10`E, 100m, leg, V. Sinyaev (MWM); 7, M. pseudorepanda pseudorepanda ♂, China, Sichuan, Volonong Res., Siguliang Shan, 31˚09`, 103˚20`E, leg. Sinyaev & team (MWM); 8, Parasa julikatis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang (NZCZSI); 9, P. julikatis ♂, Vietnam, Mts. Fan-si-pan, Chapa, holotype (MWM); 10, Thosea lutea ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Laxmi nagar (NZCZSI); 11, Mambarona congrua ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Galathea (NZCZSI). Scale bar: 1 cm.

FIGURES 16–19. Male genitalia (ventral view with aedeagus detached in lateral view). 16, Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri (NZCZSI, 7019/ H10/ gen); 17, Parasa julikatis, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang (NZCZSI, 7020/ H10); 18, Thosea lutea, Great Nicobar Island, Laxmi nagar (NZCZSI, 7201/ H10); 19, Mambarona congrua, Great Nicobar Island, Galathea (NZCZSI, 6677/ H10/ gen).